The wall painting in question is at the newly built memorial of Sikh general Bhai Jeewan Singh at Anandpur Sahib. The memorial was inaugurated by CM Bhagwant Mann last month.
The Sikh temporal body came down heavily on the administration after students staged massive protests alleging desecration of the revered text. V-C & other top officials have been booked.
Police say victim was found hiding in bathroom in early hours of Tuesday. He claimed in ‘confession video’ that he was sent to gurudwara to commit sacrilege in exchange for money.
Police have registered case of murder against six men, but no arrests made yet. A video of the incident, which took place in state's Moga district on 15 October, has gone viral.
Slamming handling of 2015 sacrilege cases, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh says he is being 'humiliated on purpose' by Mann govt. Another MLA had hit out at a 'senior AAP leader' Sunday.
Two separate FIRs have been lodged in Jalandhar and Amritsar against actor, directors & producer for hurting Sikh sentiments through alleged use of kirpan in film song.
Sacrilege cases in Punjab are exacting a grim toll, with two accused dead and another injured in span of just a month. 'Intolerant radical element emerging among Sikhs', says expert.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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