Chandigarh, Dec 18 : A man was allegedly beaten to death on Saturday evening after he tried to desecrate the sacred Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
The youth, reportedly belonging to Uttar Pradesh, entered the restricted area and tried to pick the sword kept in front of the Guru Granth Sahib.
He was caught by security persons and was handed over to the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) office, where he was beaten to death.
Videos of the incident show the mob trying to break the gate of the SGPG office and raising slogans.Weapons were also visible in the crowd.The police have admitted that the man was thrashed to death by the mob.However, the identity of the man is yet to be ascertained.”The man, about 20 to 25 years of age, jumped the fence.The people inside held him and escorted him out to the corridor where there was a violent altercation leading to his death,” Parminder Singh Bhandal, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, told the media.vg/arm
For trying to decrate Guru Granth Sahib in the Golden Temple, a man was beaten to death
The incident was captured on video.
It shows the mob trying break into the SGPG offices and shouting slogans.The crowd also had weapons. Police have confirmed that the victim was attacked by the mob.The identity of this man has not been determined.
The man was between 20 and 25 years old when he jumped over the fence.”The people within held him and took him to the corridor, where there was an altercation that led to his death,” Parminder Sing Bhandal, Amritsar’s Deputy Commissioner of Police told media.
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