TarnTaran: Days after a clash broke out between Sikh and Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan (DJJS) Nurmahal followers at Jodhpur village in TarnTaran, Sikhs gathered at Guru Arjan Dev Sarai, gave a memorandum to the police that religious gatherings of DJJS must not be allowed.
Members of Satkar Committee staged a protest against the followers of Nurmahal-based Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan (DJJS). They also alleged that followers of DJJS were holding a religious gathering near Tarn Taran and demanded a stop to it but the police denied the same. They also said that if police failed to take action, they themselves would reach the venue of their functions and stop them.
It is to be noted that on Monday, a clash had erupted between the followers of DJJS and Satkar Committee. The clash that witnessed firing and stone pelting had left 13 persons injured.
Since then, there is heavy police deployment in the Tarn Taran district. DSP Tarn Taran city, Sukhwinder Singh said, “No function was organised by the DJJS followers in Tarn Taran today. Heavy police force is deployed to avoid any sort of clash. Things are peaceful but the police are vigilant.”
Meanwhile Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Tarn Taran Manmohan Kumar Sharma said that two gunmen, attached with the DJJS, had been arrested on charges of firing levelled against them, he said. He added that a case had been registered against other persons as well. “Further investigations are on for the clash that took place on Monday at Jodhpur,” said Sharma.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Diljit Singh Bedi, additional secretary, SGPC, said that the Akal Takht had banned the religious congregations of DJJS. “Hence, no permission should be granted to hold such gatherings that hurt religious feelings,” he said. He demanded strict action against those who had resorted to firing.