AJNALA: In yet another incident of alleged sacrilege, the residents of village Bhindi Aulakh nabbed a person from a gurdwara who was later arrested by the police on charges of theft. The incident has sparked resentment among people, who blamed police administration for taking sacrilege incidents lightly.
According to reports, a youth, later identified as Gursahib Singh, scaled the wall of ‘Nikka Gurdwara’ in Bhindi Aulakh village, near Ajnala, and broke the donation box but was held by local sangat who thrashed him for attempted sacrilege. Paramjit Singh Akali, one of the five-member Sikh Youth Power of Punjab (SYPP) informed that in a video recorded by sangat, the alleged accused had admitted that he was offered Rs 1 lakh for tearing Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) by a person whom he identified as ‘Ganna’. However, the youth admitted that he couldn’t dare to disrespect SGGS.
Amritsar Rural SSP Deepak Hilori informed that police had arrested the youth on charges of theft and produced him in the court, and brought him on two days remand for further investigations. Deepak said police had booked him for theft and for now there was no visible sign of sacrilege. SYPP demanded a detailed inquiry to expose Ganna and the persons behind him who had offered Rs 1 lakh to Gursahib Singh.
In the recent past on January 4, the local Sangat and the management of a gurdwara in village Bhagupur Havelian, near Ajnala, had held a person for sacrilege from the gurdwara. On December 18, a man had entered the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple and jumped atop the railing, and picked up the sword kept in front of SGGS. He was later beaten to death.
According to reports, a youth, later identified as Gursahib Singh, scaled the wall of ‘Nikka Gurdwara’ in Bhindi Aulakh village, near Ajnala, and broke the donation box but was held by local sangat who thrashed him for attempted sacrilege. Paramjit Singh Akali, one of the five-member Sikh Youth Power of Punjab (SYPP) informed that in a video recorded by sangat, the alleged accused had admitted that he was offered Rs 1 lakh for tearing Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) by a person whom he identified as ‘Ganna’. However, the youth admitted that he couldn’t dare to disrespect SGGS.
Amritsar Rural SSP Deepak Hilori informed that police had arrested the youth on charges of theft and produced him in the court, and brought him on two days remand for further investigations. Deepak said police had booked him for theft and for now there was no visible sign of sacrilege. SYPP demanded a detailed inquiry to expose Ganna and the persons behind him who had offered Rs 1 lakh to Gursahib Singh.
In the recent past on January 4, the local Sangat and the management of a gurdwara in village Bhagupur Havelian, near Ajnala, had held a person for sacrilege from the gurdwara. On December 18, a man had entered the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple and jumped atop the railing, and picked up the sword kept in front of SGGS. He was later beaten to death.
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