Punjab SIT’s final report counters CBI probe, blames Dera Sacha Sauda chief for sacrilege cases

Designating Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim as the main conspirator behind the sacrilege cases, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Punjab Police has refuted claims denying his role in the CBI probe.

The five-member SIT was constituted in April last year on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to probe three sacrilege cases in Burj Jawahar Singh Wala and Bargari villages. The final report was made public on Saturday when Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann handed over copies of it to some Sikh leaders who took the case forward. The SIT had submitted the report to Punjab DGP VK Bhavra in April this year for approval.

The final report blames the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda for the sacrilege cases and named its chief Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim as the main conspirator, with several followers, including three absconding since the incident. .

The 467-page report named the accused Sukhjinder Singh alias Sunny, Shakti Singh, Baljit Singh, Randeep Singh alias Neela, Ranjit Singh alias Bhola, Nishan Singh, Narinder Sharma and Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim for their alleged involvement in the theft. designated for. Throwing around the holy page.

The report said that Sunny, Shakti Singh, Baljit Singh, Ranjit Singh and Gurmeet were allegedly involved in the second incident of pasting sacrilege posters. Gurmeet Ram Rahim is already serving a sentence in a rape case.

The report refutes the previous closure report of the CBI which had found no evidence of Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s involvement in the case.

Giving the reason for the alleged sacrilege, the report said that the Dera chief and his followers had committed the act to take revenge for not allowing the release of his film. MSG-2,

“It is clear from the material/evidence collected by the SIT of Punjab Police that the accused had direct links with the management of the Dera. It said that the main accused Mohinder Pal alias Bittu (later killed by other prisoners in Nabha Jail) and his accomplices were upset over the non-release of the film “MSG-2”, due to which Bittu organized a three-day dharna in Moga. did. On not being released, the accused got agitated and hatched a conspiracy to take revenge,” the report said.

The sacrilege cases investigated by the SIT included the theft of the holy Guru Granth Sahib from Gurdwara Sahib in Burj Jawahar Singh Wala on June 1, 2015. The other two cases investigated involved two posters containing derogatory language against Sikhism, Sikh preachers. And Sri Guru Granth Sahib was pasted outside Dhoda Pir Gate in Burj Jawahar Singh Wala.

The third incident was recorded on October 12, 2015 when holy pages of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib were found scattered outside the Bargari Gurdwara as well as in the streets around the village.

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