The footage exhibits that the accused entered the Golden Temple round 11 am on Saturday
Amritsar: Punjab Police is making an attempt to determine the identification of a person, who was crushed to demise after he allegedly tried to commit sacrilege contained in the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, and it has been established that he spent a couple of hours contained in the advanced.
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa held a gathering in Amritsar (when) with the deputy commissioner, the police commissioner, the inspector normal of police (border vary), the Amritsar Rural SSP and different officers.
A case was registered towards the unidentified man late Saturday evening beneath IPC sections 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, supposed to outrage spiritual emotions of any class by insulting its faith or spiritual beliefs) and 307 (try to homicide), Amritsar Police Commissioner Sukchain Singh Gill mentioned on Sunday.
He mentioned footage obtained from all of the cameras on the Golden Temple is being examined to gather details about the accused.
The footage exhibits that the accused entered the Golden Temple round 11 am on Saturday and slept for a couple of hours in entrance of the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, the police commissioner mentioned.
The incident occurred after 6 pm and he had spent a number of hours within the Golden Temple earlier than committing the crime, he added.
The person jumped throughout the railings contained in the sanctum sanctorum of the Golen Temple on Saturday night, picked up the ceremonial sword and reached close to the place the place a Sikh priest was reciting the holy Guru Granth Sahib.
He was caught by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) activity pressure members.
When he was being taken to the SGPC workplace, the offended “sangat” (congregation) thrashed him badly, which subsequently led to his demise.
Randhawa mentioned he had already spoken to the SGPC president and the Akal Takht Jathedar after the incident.
He mentioned the person was but to be recognized.
“No cell phone, no purse, no identification card or Aadhaar card was discovered from him. It has been established that he entered (the Golden Temple advanced) round 11 am and remained there for a couple of hours till the incident,” the deputy chieff minister mentioned.
CCTV footage from all of the close by in addition to different areas of the town is being scanned to determine from the place he got here to Amritsar and from which location he reached the Golden Temple, Randhawa, who additionally holds the house portfolio, mentioned.
Gill mentioned the “first focus” is to ascertain the identification of the person.
“We’re scanning the CCTV footage to see which route he took to achieve the Golden Temple,” he mentioned, including that images of the person have been broadly circulated so that he’s recognized on the earliest.
The police commissioner mentioned the autopsy examination of the deceased was being carried out and a viscera examination may also be performed to verify if he had consumed any intoxicant.
Randhawa mentioned it’s a matter of nice sorrow that such an incident befell on the Harmandar Sahib, from the place the message of common communion is conveyed to the mankind.
He mentioned whereas talking to SGPC officers, it has been instructed that the SGPC activity pressure also needs to type its personal intelligence wing.
Replying to a query, the deputy chief minister mentioned inimical forces have at all times tried to disturb Punjab’s peaceable ambiance, however Punjabis have defeated their nefarious designs.
To a different question, Randhawa pitched for extreme punishment for acts of sacrilege and mentioned the Punjab Meeting had handed payments in 2018 proposing amendments to the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Code of Legal Process (CrPC) to make desecration of spiritual texts punishable with life imprisonment.
Earlier, a number of political leaders condemned the alleged sacrilege try on the Golden Temple.
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has ordered a probe into the matter.
“CM @CharanjitChanni strongly condemned essentially the most unlucky and heinous act to try sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib within the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Harimandir Sahib throughout the path of Sri Rehras Sahib,” the Chief Minister’s Workplace mentioned in a tweet on Saturday evening.
Akali Dal stalwart and five-time chief minister Parkash Singh Badal mentioned it was a “heinous try”, which was “deeply surprising and exceedingly painful”.
“Strongly condemn the horrific incident of tried sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at Darbar Sahib. Govt should resolve what led this man to behave in such a despicable method!” former chief minister Amarinder Singh mentioned in a tweet.
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