Chandigarh: In yet another incident of attempting sacrilege, a youth in his early twenties, has been held by police as he allegedly tried to run away with the Guru Granth Sahib from a gurdwara at Ennakhera village in Malout sub-division.
Police reached the spot and detained youth, who is reportedly mentally unstable.
The gurdwara is not under the control of the SGPC. It does not have CCTV cameras.
Meanwhile, villagers demanded a probe. They said, “We doubt the youth is mentally challenged. The police should bring out the truth.”
Police said that an alleged attempt of desecration occurred at a gurdwara at Ennakhera village. The incident reportedly took place around 9 am and we were informed almost after 12 hours. We have started an investigation and arrested the youth, who is said to be mentally challenged. The accused’s father is a baptised Sikh who had played a key role in the construction of the gurdwara and said that his son is mentally challenged.
After Golden Temple, Amritsar and Kapurthala, this was third incident of attempted sacrilege of holy Sikh book in past 10 days.