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Amritsar, Dec 19: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Sunday condemned the alleged sacrilege attempt at Golden Temple in Amritsar and said that all angles of the incident are being investigated and things would be clear soon.
He also informed that the accused in the Amritsar incident has not yet been identified.
“It’s an unfortunate incident. It seems that the person came with the target of sacrilege only as he was there for 9-10 hours. He has not been identified yet. We will investigate the matter,” Punjab Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said.
Terming sacrilege incident at Sri Darbar Sahib most unfortunate, Punjab Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Sunday said that a Special Investigation Team under DCP Law & Order had been constituted, which would present investigation report within two days: Deputy CM Office pic.twitter.com/kCfweVI0Vm
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2021
The Deputy CM also said that the sequence of sacrileges in the past few days across Punjab and the drone activities here are suspicious.
“In 2018, State Govt passed & sent a proposal to GoI to make min 10 yrs imprisonment under Sec 295A, to whoever causes injury, damage or sacrilege to Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagwad Geeta, Quran & Bible. I’ll write again to GoI regarding it,” Punjab Deputy CM added.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sanjeev Kumar informed that an FIR, under sections 295A and 307 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been filed against an unknown accused, for the deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings and attempt to murder.
Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi yesterday condemned the sacrilege bid at Amritsar’s Golden Temple and directed state police to “thoroughly probe the matter and find the real conspirators”.
Notably, a man was beaten to death by angry devotees after he allegedly attempted to commit sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The man jumped over the metal railing around the Guru Granth Sahib and allegedly attempted to desecrate the Holy Book of the Sikhs with a sword.
