Man beaten to death over sacrilege bid at Golden Temple
Amritsar Dec 18 PTI A man hailing from Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death after he allegedly attempted to commit sacrilege inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday evening The incident took place when the man jumped golden grills inside the sanctum sanctorum picked a sword and reached near the place where a Sikh priest was reciting the holy Guru Granth Sahib The man was caught by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee task force members When he was being taken to the SGPC office the angry crowd thrashed him badly that later led to his death Deputy Commissioner of Police P S Bhandal said the man hailing from UP was around 30-year-old and his antecedents were being verified All CCTV cameras were being checked to know when he entered the Golden Temple and how many people were with him After the incident a large number of Sikh devotees and various Sikh outfits slammed the SGPC for its laxity A heavy police force has been deployed around the SGPC complex at Teja Singh Samundri Hall in order to maintain law and order PTI JMS CHS VSD RDK RDK
Amritsar Dec 18 PTI A man hailing from Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death after he allegedly attempted to commit sacrilege inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday evening The incident took place when the man jumped golden grills inside the sanctum sanctorum picked a sword and reached near the place where a Sikh priest was reciting the holy Guru Granth Sahib The man was caught by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee task force members When he was being taken to the SGPC office the angry crowd thrashed him badly that later led to his death Deputy Commissioner of Police P S Bhandal said the man hailing from UP was around 30-year-old and his antecedents were being verified All CCTV cameras were being checked to know when he entered the Golden Temple and how many people were with him After the incident a large number of Sikh devotees and various Sikh outfits slammed the SGPC for its laxity A heavy police force has been deployed around the SGPC complex at Teja Singh Samundri Hall in order to maintain law and order PTI JMS CHS VSD RDK RDK
