Justice Zora Singh Commission submits report to Punjab Govt

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Justice Zora Singh Commission on Thursday submitted its report on the incident of sacrilege of Sikhs’ holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, in Faridkot district and its aftermath.

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had set up one man commission on October 15, last year, to probe the sacrilege incident a Bargari, and its aftermath.

The Commission was mandated to ascertain the causes and circumstances which led to the incident and its subsequent fallout to get into the bottom of the entire case.

The Commission was asked to conduct an enquiry into the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in Faridkot district and enquire into the incident of firing at Kotkapura on October 14, besides looking into the matter of firing at Behbal village district Faridkot, which led to the death of two persons.

Justice Zora Singh, a retired judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, submitted the report in the office of Punjab Chief Secretary. In the absence of Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal in the his office, Justice Zora Singh handed over the report to Special Secretary Protocol Rajiv Prashar, who later handed over the report to the Kaushal.

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