: Minorities panel asks Punjab government to submit report on alleged sacrilege attempts #IndiaNEWS The National Commission of Minorities on Sunday took suo motu cognisance of the two alleged attempts

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Minorities panel asks Punjab government to submit report on alleged sacrilege attempts #IndiaNEWS
The National Commission of Minorities on Sunday took suo motu cognisance of the two alleged attempts of sacrilege in Punjab and asked the state’s chief secretary to submit a report on the incidents by December 26, reported The Times of India.On December 18, a man was killed in an altercation with devotees at the Golden Temple in Amritsar after he had tried to pick up a kirpan (ceremonial sword) kept in front of the Sikh holy text Guru Granth Sahib.The next day, another man was beaten to death in Nizampur village of Kapurthala district after villagers saw him disrespecting the Sikh religious flag Nishan Sahib. However, the police have denied the allegations of sacrilege in this case. They have said that man had tried to break into a gurdwara, but nothing was stolen.On Sunday, chairperson of the National Commission of Minorities Iqbal Singh Lalpura said that the alleged incidents of sacrilege and killing of the accused were matters of grave concern and needed urgent attention.Meanwhile, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu demanded capital punishment for the accused, reported ANI.“Wherever sacrilege takes place, be it of Quran Sharif or Bhagavad Gita or Guru Granth Sahib, they [the guilty] should be hanged in public,� he said, while addressing a rally in Malerkotla district on Sunday.Sidhu alleged that there...Read more

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