Bapu Tarlok Singh passed away on May 8, 2015 at Fortis Escorts Hospital, Amritsar. Bapu Tarlok Singh was a tough personality who had bravely faced state oppression after his son, Shaheed Bhai Satwant Singh (along with Shaheed Beant Singh) assassinated the then Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984.