Three days after Dera Sacha Sauda followers and radical Sikhs clashed with each other at Dhudike village in Moga district, peace was restored on Friday.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal deputed SAD MlA Tota Singh to hold parleys with members of both groups and convince them to bridge their differences. District authorities arranged the meeting of Tota Singh with the warring groups, officials said.
Tota Singh managed to bring the warring groups closer for a “permanent solution” so that such clashes do not reoccur, officials said.
The meeting, which was held on Thursday night, was attended by Tota Singh and Akali leader Harinder Singh Rania, the members of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) - Gurmail Singh Sangatpura and Jugraj Singh Daudhar, People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) candidate for 2012 Assembly polls and Moga by-poll Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal, and Educational Institutions of Dhudike’s chairman lakhbir Singh, and representatives of Dera.
Officials said that the meeting was held in a “cordial” atmosphere with both sides agreeing to bury the differences between them.
Even as both groups pledged not to resort to violence again, heavy deployment of police personnel continued at Dhudike village to maintain aw and order.
During the clash which broke out on Tuesday after radical Sikhs protested against a congregation by Dera followers, at least six Dera followers and three policemen were injured and some vehicles were burnt by a mob.