File photo of Lt Gen KS Brar after the attack
When riots broke out in Birmingham in 2011, no other station was on the ground covering the story like Sangat TV. It was hailed as an amateur yet great community effort at making television in the UK speak the language of the community. And it did - many programmes on the network are in Punjabi.
Then, in 2012, came the attack on Lieutenant General (retd) KS Brar, who oversaw the controversial Operation Bluestar against Sikh militants holed up inside the Golden Temple in 1984.
Lots of media channels in Birmingham - both TV and radio picked up on the story.
But media regulator Ofcom has now ruled that one channel in particular - Sangat TV has gone too far.
In October, according to Press Trust of India, the channel aired a programme that allegedly urged Sikhs to attack members of the Indian army.
The show was broadcast after the former army commander was attacked with a knife by a group of people while walking with his wife in London in September last year. He sustained serious injuries while his wife escaped unharmed and was instrumental in raising an alarm to call the police.
Panelists on the show allegedly said the attack was deserved and congratulated those who assaulted the 78-year-old while he was on a private visit.
"30,000 pounds is too much money as a fine. This is really an unreasonable decision by Ofcom and we feel that OfCom has failed to understand the feeling of the Sikhs," said Amarpreet Singh, Sangat TV's head of programming for the station.
"Material likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime or to lead to disorder must not be included in television or radio services" - That's Ofcom's finding and it has slapped a fine of 30,000 pounds on the network.
Mr Singh also says that Ofcom should've realised that this is a channel funded by volunteers and the community.
Sangat TV is now considering its options. "We are meeting and will make a decision on what to do next," said Mr Singh.
Operation Bluestar remains an emotive issue for many Sikhs in the UK. On June 5, 1984, troops including Sikh soldiers entered the Golden Temple premises in Amritsar to flush out militants led by Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale demanding Khalistan, a separate state for Sikhs. Several soldiers were killed in firing by the terrorists. But General Brar's troops were successful and Bhindranwale was killed. Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards a few months after Operation Bluestar.
Meanwhile, Ofcom's fine could prove fatal Sangat TV - once thought of as a breakthrough in community television in the UK.