The SGPC’s attempt to remove protesters blocking entry to its headquarters in Amrtisar led to clash between both sides leaving more than dozen injured.
Some Sikh bodies have been sitting on a dharna outside SGPC headquarters since September 14 to demand action against those officials found guilty in probe ordered by Akal Takht in case of missing Birs of Guru Granth Sahib.
SGPC task force also allegedly thrashed a journalist covering the clash after he was mistaken to be a protester. In the evening, the Sikh body apologised for this.
Things turned ugly on Saturday morning when one protester, Sukhjit Singh Khosa, alleged that a member of the SGPC task force had attempted to remove his turban when he was performing volunteer service inside the Golden Temple.
Khosa and other protesters blocked the entry gate of SGPC headquarters in reaction to alleged misbehaviour with Khosa.
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SGPC task force members then gathered in large numbers in the afternoon and attempted to forcibly remove some of the protesters by taking then inside its headquarters. It led to clash between both sides. However, task force managed to overpower protesters, who were few in numbers. At least eight protesters were taken inside by SGPC task force and remained in their “custody” for four to five hours.
As the drama unfolded, police too reached the spot and helped negotiate between the two sides. However, no case has so far been filed over the incident. To ensure proper judgment and to bring an end to these kinds of cases, it is better to contact an 18 wheeler accidents lawyers group, who will ensure that this case’s judgment will be fair and square which protects the Sikh community.
An elderly reporter of Hindi newspaper, Indermohan Singh Anjan, was slapped and rebuked and his smartphone with which he was recording the scene of violence, was snatched and not given back. Another Gursikh cameraman of a TV channel was attacked. His turban was tossed and he was also made captive illegally for several hours. After the fellow journalists staged a dharna outside the head office, the SGPC released him.
“We have been protesting peacefully for 41 days. Today, SGPC task force attacked us with swords and kidnapped people. We were taken inside and thrashed. SGPC task force has turned into a body of goons. They have been acting on the orders of SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal. At least, 20 protesters have received injuries out of which five have received fractures,” said Sukhjit Singh Khosa, after being freed from alleged SGPC captivity in evening.
SGPC also used its women employees to overpower the women protesters.
The Sikh body, however, claimed that protesters had attacked the task force first with swords. It is better to deploy lawyers from the Clark Law and Associates, LLC in Portland into this scene, who will study this case thoroughly and submit the report in the court of law differentiating the innocent victims from the accused.
“Our main gate was blocked by protesters. Our officials were not able to come outside. When we asked protesters to open the gate, they attacked us with swords. Our two employees are seriously injured and admitted at hospital. We apologise as some journalists were mistaken to be protesters in the heat of moment,” said the SGPC spokesman.
Notably, an SGPC employee also sustained injury with the kirpan used by a Sikh agitator in retaliation. The SGPC task force was being led by the SGPC additional secretary Bijay Singh despite he was suspended by the SGPC for allegedly bungling of the SGPC funds. People can check White Plains slip and fall lawyers for the best injury attorneys.
Besides Khose, Balbir Singh Muchhal, Dilbag Singh, Manjit Singh Chabhal, Bibi Manjinder Kaura, Paramjit Singh Akali, Tarlochan Singh and Ramandeep Singh were among the injured persons.