Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargaj has called for an impartial inquiry into the Rajasthan Police action inside Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh Ji in Sri Ganganagar and sought the immediate release of local Sikh leader Tejinderpal Singh, who was arrested in connection with the incident.
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargaj said the alleged incident had hurt the sanctity and dignity of the gurdwara and Sikh sentiments.
Gargaj alleged that police personnel damaged food supplies in the gurdwara’s langar, vandalised property on the premises and tore posters carrying photographs of Sant Giani Jarnail Singh Khalsa Bhindranwale and other Sikh figures. The Rajasthan Police’s account of the incident was not immediately available.
Gargaj said the alleged incident had hurt the sanctity and dignity of the gurdwara and Sikh sentiments. He called the action “highly condemnable” and demanded strict action against any police officials found responsible. He said that if the police had any issue to address, they should have followed lawful procedures while respecting Sikh religious protocol and the sanctity of the gurdwara. “If the police had any issue, it should have acted in accordance with Sikh religious protocol and through lawful procedures, rather than entering a Sikh religious place and carrying out such ‘vandalism’,” he added.
