Another sacrilege case reported in Punjab's Bathinda district
Chandigarh, May 17: A day after torn pages of 'Gutka Sahib' and other articles of Sikh religion were found near Karhali Sahib in Punjab's Patiala district, another sacrilege case was reported from Bathinda on Tuesday.
As per information, torn pages of Gutka Sahib and 'Senchi Sahib' were found in DD Mittal Tower Colony of Bathinda. The police reached the spot and started investigations.
On Monday, torn pages of 'Gutka Sahib' and other articles of Sikh religion were found near Karhali Sahib in Patiala district.
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SSP, Patiala, Deepak Parikh also reached the spot. Later, 'Gutka Sahib's' torn pages were handed over to Gurdwara Sri Karhali Sahib. The police have started investigation in the case.
Sacrilege cases have increased in the state of Punjab in the last few years. Earlier, in January, a 23-year-old youth was arrested for an alleged sacrilege bid at the historic Kali Mata temple in Patiala. In the purported video of the incident that surfaced on social media, the man was seen climbing the enclosure of the temple and reaching the place where the idol of the goddess is placed.
In December last year, angry ‘sangat’ had killed a man after he allegedly attempted to commit sacrilege in the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
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The alleged sacrilege was reported in the evening when when 'Rehras Sahib' was in progress. The man, with shorn hair, jumped over the metal fence around the place where ‘parkash’ of Guru Granth Sahib is there.
Nearly seven years ago, several cases of sacrilege were reported in Punjab's Faridkot. On October 14, 2015, the police opened fire on those protesting against the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib at Behbal Kotalan and Kotkapura in Faridkot district. Two protesters, Gurjeet Singh and Krishan Bhagwan Singh, were killed.
-PTC News
