By mid February the date of the Operation was set and leave of the Special Action Group commandos had been cancelled. In the lead up to the operation Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale's nephew Jasbir Singh Rode was released and president rule was declared in Punjab. Punjab was further to be declared a state of emergency. State sponsored terrorists used Soviet made RPG's at a Vishwakarma Temple near Phagwara where there were 70 CRPF stationed.
