for a long time, incidents of sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji have been taking place under a well-planned conspiracy.

Hardeep SINGH

Ferozepur, PUNJAB (May 5, 2024 Sunday) A man was beaten to death for committing grave sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib at Gurdwara Baba Bir Singh in Bandala village of Ferozepur district on Saturday.

The man tore holy pages of Guru Granth Sahib. After committing the crime, he attempted to flee but the devotees chased him and caught him. They beat him to death, that was termed as punishment to him. 

Jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Raghbir Singh today expressed deep grief over the incident of sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and termed the death of the accused of sacrilege as a reaction to the ‘failure to punish the culprits and give exemplary punishments by law’.

Moreover, the Jathedar has also ordered the Sikh Sangat to socially and religiously boycott the family of the accused of sacrilege and not to allow the last rites of the accused to be held in any Gurdwara Sahib.

Today in a statement issued from the Secretariat, Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh said that for a long time, incidents of sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji have been taking place under a well-planned conspiracy. 

He said that the government’s law is neither proving successful in stopping the incidents of sacrilege nor in punishing the culprits. He said that today’s incident of sacrilege at Gurdwara Baba Bir Singh in Bandala village of Ferozepur district is a very unfortunate incident in this series which has hurt the sentiments of Sikhs. 

He said that for Sikhs there is nothing above Sri Guru Granth Sahib and incidents of sacrilege badly harm the soul and mentality of Sikhs. The Jathedar said that when the rule of law fails miserably in performing its duty, then people are forced to seek justice in their own way. He also warned the government that instead of troubling the Sangat or any Sikh regarding the death of the accused of sacrilege, the truth should be brought before the Sangat as soon as possible as to who sent the accused of sacrilege and under what conspiracy. 

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