Another incident of desecration of Sikh holy scriptures was reported in Punjab’s Jalandar district on Saturday morning.
The accused failed to reach the Birs because of timely intervention by the granthi, they managed to scatter the ‘gutkas’. Police booked three unidentified accused for assaulting the granthi.
According to the granthi, Bhupinder Singh, he was sleeping in his room in the gurdwara complex around 3am when he heard a noise. He got suspicious and when he went to the first floor to check, he saw three persons trying to find their way around using the light of their mobile phones.
“They scattered the ‘gutkas’ around and were trying to open the room where the Guru Granth Sahib was placed. They had covered their faces completely and were wearing black clothes. I saw one person throwing the ‘gutkas’ around and hit him with the stand of the mike. Then other two attacked me and I fell. They demanded the key of the room but I refused and struggled with them. They could not reach the Birs,” the granthi said.
Jalandhar (rural) SSP Harmohan Singh Bajwa said a case has been registered under sections 295, 295A, 307 and 511 of the IPC on the basis of the statement made by gurdwara committee president Surjit Singh.