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Police have filed an FIR in opposition to the youth for the alleged sacrilege (Image: News18)
According to police, Bakshish allegedly tore some pages of the Guru Granth Sahib after which tried to flee
A 19-year-old youth was overwhelmed to loss of life following an alleged sacrilege incident that occurred at a gurdwara right here on Saturday, police stated.
Bakshish Singh, a resident of Talli Gulam village, allegedly tore some pages of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy guide of Sikhs, after coming into the premises of the gurdwara in Bandala village, they stated.
His father Lakhwinder Singh stated that Bakshish was mentally challenged and was present process remedy for it.
Police have filed an FIR in opposition to the youth for the alleged sacrilege. Bakshish’s father, nonetheless, referred to as on the police to register a case in opposition to those that killed his son.
According to police, Bakshish allegedly tore some pages of the Guru Granth Sahib after which tried to flee. He was caught by some individuals and because the news of the alleged incident unfold, villagers assembled on the gurdwara and thrashed the youth. He later succumbed to accidents, police stated.
Senior police officers, together with Senior Superintendent of Police Saumya Mishra, reached the village after the incident.
Police lodged an FIR in opposition to Bakshish below Section 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, supposed to outrage spiritual emotions or beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code on the Arif Ke Police Station on a criticism lodged by Lakhvir Singh, chairman, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Committee.
Bakshish’s father Lakhwinder stated his son had been mentally disturbed for the previous couple of years and has been present process remedy. The police must also register an FIR in opposition to those that killed his son, he stated.
Meanwhile, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh expressed grief over the incident of sacrilege in Ferozepur.
He termed Bakshish’s loss of life as a response to the “failure to punish the culprits and give exemplary punishments by law.” Moreover, the Jathedar has additionally requested the Sikh ‘Sangat’ to socially and religiously boycott the household of the accused of sacrilege and to not permit the final rites of the accused to be held in any gurdwara.
In a press release, Singh stated for a very long time, incidents of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib have been going down below a “well-planned conspiracy”.
He stated that the federal government’s regulation is neither proving profitable in stopping the incidents of sacrilege nor in punishing the culprits.
He stated the sacrilege in Ferozepur is a really unlucky incident which has harm the emotions of Sikhs.
“For Sikhs, there is nothing above Sri Guru Granth Sahib and incidents of sacrilege badly harm the soul and mentality of Sikhs,” he stated.
The Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the best temporal seat of Sikhs, stated when the rule of regulation “fails miserably in performing its duty”, then individuals are pressured to hunt justice in their very own manner.
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