ChandigarhAssuring justice in the eight-year-old incidents of sacrilege and subsequent police firing, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday appealed for lifting of the blockade on the Bathinda-Amritsar National Highway in Faridkot. On 5 February, various Sikh organizations and family members of the Behbal Kalan police firing victim blocked the national highway in Faridkot indefinitely, demanding justice for the 2015 incidents. Mann said that the commuters are facing problems due to the jam. In a tweet, he said, “Punjab government is fully committed to bring justice in the Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan sacrilege cases. I appeal to the public (protesters) to open the national highway at Behbal Kalan so that people are not inconvenienced.” ” Punjabi.
“It is the responsibility and duty of the government to ensure speedy justice by punishing the guilty,” he said. Under the banner of ‘Bedbi Insaaf Morcha’ led by Krishna Bhagwan’s son Sukhraj Singh, the protesters accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of not ensuring justice in the case. Singh was staging a sit-in at Behbal Kalan since December 16, 2021
In 2015, there were incidents of theft of a ‘bir’ (copy) of Guru Granth Sahib, handwritten holy posters and tearing of pages from the holy book at Bargari in Faridkot.
These incidents triggered protests, during which two people – Gurjit Singh and Krishna Bhagwan Singh – were killed in Behbal Kalan and some were injured in police firing in Kotkapura.