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Chandigarh, October 31: The Punjab police today gave a new twist to the case of the arrest of two brothers Jaswinder Singh and Rupinder Singh saying it was not in relation to the theft of the Bir of Guru Granth Sahib but only for sacrilege of the scriptures.
A police spokesman stated: “The arrest of Jaswinder Singh and Rupinder Singh sons of S. Darshan Singh r/o village Panjgaraian Khurd, Distt.Moga has been made in case FIR No.128, dated 12.10.2015 relating to incident of Sacrilege at village Bargari in which Angs of Gurugranth Sahib were taken away by them and their associates from Dharna at Kotkapura from Palki Sahib which were recovered later on basis of their telephonic conversations. .The two brothers were arrested only in this case.”
It may be mentioned that the Sikh organisations and even the Congress are demanding unconditional release of two brothers saying it is a frameup.
The police clarified that three cases have been registered with regard to sacrileges in respect of Guru Granth Sahib in villages Burj Jawahar Singhwala and Bargari, Distt. Faridkot. FIR No.63 was registered on 2.6.2015 u/s 295 A/380 IPC at P.S. Baja Khana with regard to theft of Guru Granth Sahib and hurting religious feelings of people at village Burj Jawahar Singhwala. The second FIR No.117 was registered on 25.9.2015 u/s 295A IPC, P.S. Baja Khana with regard to pasting of Handbills showing disrespect to Guru Granth Sahib and hurting religious feelings of people at village Burj Jawahar Singhwala. The third FIR No.128 was registered on 12.10.2015 u/s 295/120 B IPC, P.S. Baja Khana with regard to Sacrilege of Gurugranth Sahib and throwing the pious Angs outside Gurudwara Sahib and in the street at village Bargari, which hurt the religious feelings of the people.The investigation of other two cases relating to Theft and disrespect of Guru Granth Sahib and pasting of Handbills at village Burj Jawahar Singhwala and Bargari is going on separately. They have not been arrested in these two cases.
