Strongly condemning the incident of sacrilege of ‘Gutka Sahib’ — a copy of Sikhs’ holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib — at Jalandhar on Sunday, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) State convener Gurpreet Singh Waraich (Ghuggi) said that it indicates towards “deep-rooted conspiracy” to disturb Punjab’s peace.
“It is highly deplorable, condemnable and unfortunate that some of the persons have gone religiously bankrupt and did such a heinous crime of sacrilege, which is beyond pardonable,” Waraich said adding that it is the responsibly of the state government to nab such persons and expose them before the public.
In another case of sacrilege incident, some torn pages of a ‘gutka’ were found in Adampur on Sunday. local residents noticed the pages lying near the bank of canal and informed the police.
Earlier, more than 200 torn pages of a ‘bir’ of Guru Granth Sahib were recovered from the Bist Doab sub-canal, three mutilated copies of Sikh holy books were found nearby last week and Sikhs bodies kept the road blocked for two days after the incident.
“This is not the first time, when such sacrilege have taken place as few months back, there were series of such incidents reported from different cities in Punjab,” said Waraich adding that had state government been serious to solve these cases and nab the culprits in earlier cases, nobody could have dared to conduct such a condemnable act again.
“Where are the culprits of the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib at BargariIJ...If they would have been arrested and given an exemplary punishment, nobody could have dared to get involved in such an act,” he said.
AAP’s state convener said that it was the duty of the state government and management of Gurudwaras to provide adequate security to Guru Granth Sahib, so that such an incident does not get repeated.
Not only sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib, but shameful act of desecration of holy books of other religions including Quran-e-Sharif and Bhagwat Gita were also reported in Punjab, Waraich added.
“We appeal to state government to take serious note of such incidents and nab the desperados well before they may achieve their target to disturb the hard earned peace of Punjab,” AAP convener said.