Amritsar, Oct 5 (PTI) The Jathedar of the Akal Takht, Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj, on Monday said that the action taken by Rajasthan Police inside a gurdwara in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, has hurt Sikh sentiments.
According to him, police personnel allegedly damaged food supplies in the Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh’s ‘langar’ and “vandalised” property within the Gurdwara premises.
The police have also arrested local Sikh leader Tejinderpal Singh, he said, and asked the Rajasthan chief minister for an impartial inquiry into his arrest and the entire incident.
The Jathedar termed the alleged incident “highly condemnable” and asked the chief minister to take action against the police officials responsible for the “vandalism inside Gurdwara premises”.
He said, “If the police had any issue, it should have acted in accordance with Sikh religious protocol and through lawful procedures, rather than entering a Sikh religious place and carrying out such ‘vandalism’.”
He said Sikhs would not tolerate injustice against any Sikh leader and said that the government should immediately release Singh.
The Jathedar further said that a Sikh delegation led by Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Tek Singh visited Ganganagar and inspected the site of the incident. The delegation found that the Rajasthan Police carried out a highly objectionable action, he said. PTI JMS SUN SHS
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