Non-Sikh Marriages in Gurdwara Sahibs

For the protection of Sikh ethics, the Respectful conduct of Guru Granth Sahib Ji and the preservation of the Khalsa Panth in the UK, the issue of Non-Sikh marriages in Gurdwara Sahibs was addressed by Akal Thakt.

Yes the Sikh Gurdwara is open to all faiths, colours, castes and backgrounds. Sikhs believe that God exists in everyone therefore serving the creation is like serving the creator. How ever Sikhs do have a code of conduct which has been put in place to maintain the respect of Sikh principals.

Some Gurdwara sahibs in the Uk allow a non- Sikh to get marries to a Sikh in front of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

Reasons why some feel this practice is making mockery of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji:

In order to be a Sikh you must have faith in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and recognize Maharaj as the true Guru. You may not be a fully practicing Sikh, but one day you aim to become one. SO one point is that if a person is not a Sikh, why would they want a Sikh wedding? (There is no logic in this).

If you live in England, you can’t play for Brazil world cup team. Because that would be making a mockery of the national team, yet we allow non Sikhs who have no faith in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji to make a oath in front of Guru Ji. (Where is the logic?)

In a court of Law a Bible is presented to a Christian, a Quran to a Muslim on which an oath is sworn, and not vice versa. A marriage is also an oath, and in the presence of ‘Jaag di Jhot’ Dhan Guru Granth Sahib Ji only those who have accepted Guru Granth Sahib Ji as their Guru should be taking marriages vows - otherwise it’s a mockery of the system, and disrespect to Guru Sahib”

We do not oppose interfaith marriages, but we will not tolerate the abuse of the Sikh Gurdwara code of conduct. Those wanted to have a interfaith marriage should have a wedding some where else and not bring their unlogical, piss taking activities into the Gurdwara.

What is the traditional code of Conduct laid by Guru Ji and the Sikh Rehatnamas?

Have relations with a Sikh of the Guru. (Rehatnama Bhai Chaupa Singh)

Killing a daughter or to give a daughter (in marriage) to a non-Sikh, such a person commits great offence. Sikh should give his daughter (in marriage) to a Sikh. Thus Gurmukh meets a Gurmukh. Giving a daughter to a Bhadni (non-Sikh) is like giving nectar to a snake. (Rehatnama Bhai Desa Singh)

A Sikh gives (in marriage) his daughter to a Sikh and does not accept any money in exchange. He is my Sikh and will reach in my presence. – Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji

When the daughter comes of age only then relations should be contracted, not for a very young girl. And the relations should be Sikhs of the Guru. (Prem Sumagar)

On the 16th of August 2007 after sustained campaigning by UK Sikh youth, Sri Akal Takht, Amritsar reiterated the Reht Maryada for Anand Karaj ceremonies.
Sri Akaal Takht Sahib is the Throne of the Almighty and the orders issued by it are called Hukamnamas. Hukamnama literally means "Royal Order."

The existing Code of conduct regarding persons of other religions participating in an Anand Karaj ceremony is as follows:-
THE CODE OF SIKH CONDUCT AND CONVENTIONS
k. Persons professing faiths other than the Sikh faith cannot be joined in wedlock by the Anand Karaj ceremony.

Despite this many Gurudwara Committees across the UK are choosing to abuse this Maryada for financial gains.

As of 16th August 2007 new guidelines issues by Sri Akal Takhat

Any persons previously of a religion other than Sikhism must show his/her commitment to the PERSUIT of Sikhi by applying the following criteria:

Include Singh or Kaur in the name - Changing by Deed Poll including Passport & Driving License.


Translation of royal order:

Ik Ongkar Sri Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh
Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, Sri Amritsar
Giani Joginder Singh, Jethadar

Date: 16-8-2007

Anand Sanskar"Marriage Ceremony"

This is a message to all the Sikh Sangat that according to the Rehat Maryada only Sikh couples (male/female) can engage in the Anand Karaj Ceremony. If the couple or either one of them is not a Sikh, then they must embrace the Sikh faith.

This includes that they must change their second name to Singh or Kaur in their official document (e.g. driving licence, identity card, and passport) before the marriage.

(Signed)

(Joginder Singh)Jathedar

Frontline comments:

We must all keep in mind we only become a true sikh once we take amrit and follow rehat maryada. only then do we become a real Singh and Kaur.

Ex-cop quizzed over inaction during 1984 anti-sikh riots.

A random member of Dehli Police

A retired Delhi Police inspector, who was a member of the team that probed an anti-Sikh riot case, today found himself on the back foot when he was asked questions on alleged police inaction at the time when a mob killed a victim.

Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar deferred the matter for tomorrow as Mamchand, posted in the Riot Cell constituted to look into the 1984 riots cases, expressed his inability to respond to the queries as to why the armed policemen refrained from using force when the mob killed Gurbakshish Singh.

Singh was killed outside his house at Paschim Vihar here by a mob in the riot that had followed the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984.

Mute spectators?

The FIR names Ishwar Singh, Jagdish Singh and Sajjan Singh as the accused in the case and Singh's father Swaran Singh Bhatia had identified the trio before the court and further claimed that the policemen remained mute spectators during the entire episode.

During the investigation, Mamchand had examined inspector Rana, who was present at the crime scene but allegedly did nothing to save the victim or his family from the irate mob.

After Mamchand testified that he was asked to handle the present case and he recorded statements of a few victims and witnesses in the case, the prosecutor asked him as to what was the explanation given by Rana regarding his alleged inaction.

The prosecutor further asked him if any criminal case was pending against Rana for alleged negligence and dereliction of duty as he failed to help the victims.

Mamchand, who had earlier said that no action was taken against Rana as his explanations were found satisfactory by him and other senior officers, sought some time to respond.

Midlands Event

With Dhan Dhan Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharajh's beant kirpa, a number of Singhs in the UK have completed their santhia of Dasam Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

The singhs were very fortunate to have Ustad Bhai Balkar Singh from Damdami Taksal come from the Punjab to the UK specifically in order to teach santhia to these singhs.

To celebrate the completion of the santhia, the singhs are holding a small programme on Saturday 23rd February 2008 at; Guru Har Gobind Sahib Ji Gurdwara Tividale, Birmingham

Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Akal Ustat will be read from Dasam Granth Sahib Ji and this will then be followed by Katha and kirtan. Everyone is welcome to attend and take laha from Guru Maharajh's Gurbani.

The programme will start at around 18:00 and will finish at around 22:30

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa Vaheguru ji ki fateh

Who knows when death will strike

Kim Sjostrom wanted a real-life version of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her own marriage ceremony.

But less than an hour after she and Teddy Efkarpides were wed, Sjostrom crumpled in her husband's arms during a Greek song that means "Love Me."

At 36, Sjostrom was dead from heart disease.

The wedding had became a project at Davie Elementary School, where Sjostrom taught first grade. Fellow teachers provided the wedding gown, the flowers and decorations. One of them, an ordained minister, performed the ceremony.

"It was perfect for her," said Dominic Church, the minister friend.

Sjostrom carried blue and white flowers during the ceremony — the colors of the Greek flag — as she exchanged vows with Efkarpides, a 43-year-old carpenter and Navy veteran. They had met three years to the day before the Jan. 19 wedding.

During the couple's first dance, Sjostrom complained of being lightheaded. Efkarpides thought his wife, a diabetic, needed sugar, but she collapsed.

Wedding guests, paramedics and doctors at a nearby hospital were unable to revive her.

She had a previous cardiac episode in her 20s and was a poster child — literally — for juvenile diabetes, relatives and friends said. Efkarpides recalled seeing the poster featuring her on New York subways.

He consoles himself by reading a list of "101 Reasons Why I Love You" that Sjostrom gave him on their first Christmas together. "Number 1. You make me smile."

No. 98 is especially difficult: "You're the one I want to grow old with."

Without God, our Husband, our Lord and Master, all friends and companions are like the Messenger of Death. Ang 133 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

In the love of duality, the soul-bride is ruined; around her neck she wears the noose of Death. Ang 134 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Some do not think of death; they entertain great hopes. Ang 143 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Indian State Terrorism

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Indian Intelligence!

Blows Its Own Plane Out Of The Skies To Defame The Sikh Nation & To Muffle The Voice Of Freedom.

"Indian State Terrorism in the International Skies"

The book Soft Target is a proof of Indian State Terrorism and is banned in India.

Preface

"Soft target" is an espionage term used to describe a country, institution or group of people that is easy to penetrate and manipulate for subversive purposes. We like to think of this book as a non-fiction spy thriller. It has all the bloodletting, drama and intrigue of a spy tale. But it is also a true story.

Our purpose in writing this book is to make people aware of the grave injustice suffered by a group of new Canadians - the Sikhs. For several years, India has been engaged in a devious and ruthless operation to manipulate and destabilize Canada's Sikh population. The operation has been orchestrated by India's intelligence service and has left the Sikh community estranged from Canadian society.

It has also led to death and destruction. How did India get away with it? Part of the answer is that the keepers of our security, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and its predecessor, the Security Service of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), were so preoccupied with the Soviet threat that nothing else seemed to matter. These agencies had neither the understanding of, nor the necessary multicultural manpower to deal with, any additional threats to Canadian security. To its credit, CSIS eventually woke up just before the tragic Air-India bombing that left 329 people, mostly Canadians, dead in June 1985. It chased the culprits right to the Indian embassy and consulates. But what it then faced was political interference.

CSIS is not a police force. It cannot make arrests and it cannot lay criminal charges. Neither can it issue marching orders to diplomats it identifies as spies. It is bound by law to notify the police about criminal matters. When it comes to espionage, the Department of External Affairs must decide whether to remove the diplomats concerned. CSIS found External to be an obstacle in its pursuit of the Indian spy network. Officials in that department were not anxious to embarrass a country that was Canada's gateway to Third World trade. Few in CSIS were happy with what was happening in their' investigation of the Air-India bombing, as well as their investigation into foreign interference in the affairs of Canadian Sikhs. Pat Olson and Fred Gibson were two of several CSIS officials who complained about the investigation. They and others were incensed that the Indian connection was being buried for reasons of political and economic expediency. Similarly angry were some members of the Metro Toronto Police intelligence branch and the RCW. Leads provided by such people led to the writing of Soft Target.

The names Pat Olson and Fred Gibson are pseudonyms. If their identities were not concealed, they could face prosecution under the Official Secrets Act and the loss of their jobs. We would like to thank them - and other people who volunteered information and whose identities have also been concealed - for their courage and forthrightness.

The authors also gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following people: Gol Kashmeri, Shamil and Shireen; Sarwar Kashmeri; Nancy McAndrew and Kelly; editor Curtis Fahey; Felies Einhorn; Said Zafar; Peter Snowdon; David Altman; Leslie Taylor; Warren Barton; Gerry McAuliffe; Randy Ray; Haroon Siddiqui; and colleagues at the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star.

Zuhair Kashmeri
Brian McAndrew
Toronto, February 1989

Copyright1989 Zuhair Kashmeri and Brian McAndrew

James Lorimer & Company, Publishers
Toronto, 1989

Indian Government has Committed such acts of violence and heinous crime against Sikhs and humanity. It is time to bring an end to this tyranny and state terrorism. Come forward and join the peaceful, democratic and political struggle to reclaim lost Sikh sovereignty and liberate the Sikh homeland of Punjab, Khalistan.

- Dr. P.S. Ajrawat

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Indian Intelligence Agent Then Stationed

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Serve the creation

Sikhi teaches us that God is present in all beings and creatures. If we serve the creation we show love towards the creator. When I go to my white mates houses their gardens have bird feeds where wild birds can feed from. But all my Punjabi mates have no such thing, a loaf of tesco value bread costs 31p. That is the same price as a chocolate bar, I urge all Punjabis to at least spend 31p a week and put out bread in your garden for the birds.

The Creator has created the creation of all sorts. Ang 250 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

O my mind, meditate on the Lord of the Universe, the Lord, the Lord of the Universe, the Treasure of Virtue, the God of all creation. O my mind, chant the Name of the Lord, the Lord, the Eternal, Imperishable, Primal Lord God. ||1||Pause|| Ang 1202 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Considering creation as the form of the Creator he feels to be a sacrifice unto it. Bhai Gurdass var 3

Girl Dumped at Darbar Sahib

Chandigarh, Feb. 9: A new-born girl wrapped in woollens was found abandoned in the Golden Temple complex with a letter, purportedly written by the mother, requesting that the infant be looked after.

“We have no option but to raise the girl,” SGPC secretary Dalmegh Singh said from Amritsar, alluding to the appeal to Avtar Singh Makkar, who heads the body responsible for the upkeep of Sikh shrines.

An SGPC official said the important thing to realize was “fate and her mother had willed the child to live” in a state where aborting girl children was rampant.

The girl was found on Thursday in a place called Dukh Bhanjan Beri where devotees bow before taking a dip in the temple pond.

Officials said the discovery of the baby inside the temple complex was significant. “Instead of being killed, the infant was left inside the temple in the care of God,” an SGPC source said.

Many gurdwaras now keep cradles where parents can leave baby girls instead of killing them. There have been demands within the SGPC to make couples take a vow at the time of marriage not to abort girl children in the womb.

Punjab has the lowest sex ratio in the country. The declining ratio, especially in the newborn-to-six age group — 875 girls per 1,000 boys in 1991, and 793 per 1,000 in 2001 — shows girls are still seen as a burden on families.

The Sikh rehat maryada (code of conduct) forbids believers from having any relationship with those who kill their daughters. The SGPC is also thinking of ostracizing those guilty of female foeticide.

These Sikhs lost the plot

KAC march foiled; workers detained
Rajay Deep
Tribune News Service

Bhai Rupa/Mehraj (Bathinda), February 10
Hundreds of activists of the Khalsa Action Committee (KAC) were detained today after they tried to take out a march near Salabatpura, the headquarters of Dera Sacha Sauda in Punjab. The police had made tight security arrangements to prevent the march but the KAC activists changed the venue of the march at the last minute from Bhai Rupa village to Gurdwara Chota Gurusar in Mehraj village.

When the KAC activists tried to take out the vehicle carrying Guru Granth Sahib from the Chota Gurusar Gurdwara premises, the police intercepted them. The Panj Piaras were detained and the Palki was taken in possession by the police personnel who blocked their way by parking a police bus and a jeep in the middle of the way.

Despite the police having turned the villages in the area into a fortress, and motorists being thoroughly frisked, around 70 KAC activists arrived on a tractor-trailer and joined the activists already present there. After some time, around 20 more KAC men arrived at the venue on a jeep. The police arrested them.

Showing resentment over the denial of permission to take out Guru Granth Sahib in a procession, hardliner Sikhs delivered speeches and raised anti-government slogans outside the gurdwara. They accused that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal of supporting the Dera Sacha Sauda chief for political gains.

Meanwhile, in Dhapali village, about 10 km from Mehraj, another religious march was attempted. However, the police stopped the religious procession near Bhai Rupa village. But, after discussions with the leader of the KAC group, Bhai Boota Singh, the police allowed only the Panj Piaras and the holy Beer to proceed to Gurdwara Mansarovar in Bhai Rupa village with four other KAC leaders. The police refused permission to other KAC activists assembled there to join the march.

Sadhu Singh of Gumti Kalan village, along with 20 KAC activists, was arrested as he lodged a protest in Bhai Rupa village against the detention of the activists by the police. They wanted to join the march.

The KAC activists at Gurdwara Mansarovar deferred the march in the afternoon and placed the Bir inside the gurdwara. After passing a resolution to boycott Badal, the KAC activists moved towards the village. But, immediately, the police, under orders from district magistrate Rahul Tewari, arrested the KAC activists, including some women.

Convener of KAC Bhai Mohkam Singh, who was arrested, said: “The march was not attempted from this place only. Our activists started the march from various other places, but the police detained them. Despite the tight security arrangements, many of us gathered here which indicates the failure of the administration.”

Jathedar Bhai Kumikar Singh, the member of the presidium of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) (Panch Pardhani), said: “The police personnel themselves wanted to disturb peace. When we asked them to remove the bus from near the gurdwara, a senior police official suggested that we break its window panes.”

About the arrest of the KAC activists, the district magistrate said: “They have been detained as a preventive measure. Moreover, they defied the order issued under Section 144 of the CrPC. A case would be registered only against those leaders of radical Sikhs who did not pay heed to our instructions.”

When SSP Naunihal Singh was asked about the intelligence lapses, he said: “Earlier, we had the information that the march would begin from Bhai Rupa. So, we concentrated on the roads that lead to that village. But, they changed the venue. The KAC activists got only that much time which we took in deploying the force.”

Mediapersons obstructed

Vehicles of mediapersons, bearing the Press sticker on the windshields, were deflated and parked in a field some distance away from Gurdwara Chota Gurusar in an alleged attempt to prevent mediapersons from reaching the venue of the march. On being asked, district magistrate Rahul Tewari passed the buck on to the police officials and expressed regret.

Frontline comments:

Ok they wanted to protest they have every right, but why take maharaj there anything can happen.

Send this to your pakistani mate

Baby warning for married cousins

A North West MP has called for a public debate about the high numbers of birth defects among children from marriages between first cousins in Britain's Asian communities.

Phil Woolas said that while health workers were well aware of the heightened risk of genetic problems, cultural sensitivities made the issue difficult to raise.

The Government minister, who represents ethnically-diverse Oldham East and Saddleworth, said: "Part of the risk, I am told by the health service, is first-cousin marriages.

"If you are supportive of the Asian community then you have a duty to raise this issue."

His call was supported by fellow Labour MP Ann Cryer who first raised the issue more than two years ago after research showed British Pakistanis were 13 times more likely to have children with recessive disorders than the general population.

She blamed a "medieval culture" of keeping wealth in the family and said some couples ignored warnings not to have more children despite the risks.

The comments come at a sensitive time for community relations following the Archbishop of Canterbury's controversial comments about accommodating aspects of sharia law in Britain.

But Mr Woolas insisted that the marriages - which are perfectly legal in the UK - were a cultural, not religious, issue based in the traditions of rural parts of Pakistan.

"Awareness does need to be raised but we are very aware of the sensitivities," he added, pointing out that many of the people involved were the products of such marriages themselves.

Mrs Cryer, who represents Keighley in West Yorkshire, told The Sunday Times: "If you go into a paediatric ward in Bradford or Keighley you will find more than half of the kids there are from the Asian community.

"Since Asians only represent 20%-30% of the population, you can see that they are over-represented."

Man calls Dasam Granth - Garbage

Gurtej Singh calls Dasam Bani 'Gund da tokra'

Thursday 7th of February 2008

Panthic Weekly News Bureau

2003 Photo of Gurtej (left) with ex-communicated
Maha-Naastic Kala-Afghana

Brampton, Ontario (KP) - In another move by naastic elements, hurting the Sikh community's sentiments, Gurtej Sinh (IAS)—who in June of 2003 awarded ex-communicated heretic Gurbakhsh Kala-Afghana a “gold” medal for his blasphemous writings against the Sikh Panth—went on a Canadian public radio station and called Dasam Granth a “gund da tokra” (literally a ‘garbage can’) that should be thrown out in the trash.

Transcription of the comments in which Gurtej states that Dasam Granth (which includes the Sikhs' Nitnem and Amrit Banis) is trash and should be thrown away:

"ਆਪਣੇ ਘਰ ਦਾ ਜਿਨਾ ਵੀ ਗੰਦ ਹੈ, ਉਸਨੂੰ ਬਾਹਰ ਸੁਟਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦੈ...ਉਹ ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਗੰਦ ਦਾ ਟੋਕਰਾ ...ਇਹਨਾ ਨੇ ਰਖਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ..ਜਿਸਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਕਹਿਦੇ ਹੈ...ਇਸਨੂੰ...ਬਾਹਰ ਸਿਟ ਦਿਉ..!"

This so-called ‘professor of Sikhism’ was invited on Nirvair Radio which was aired on Toronto’s CJMR 1320 AM last week by Balwinder Singh and Amrik Singh Mukatsar to speak on the topic of Dasam Granth. According to local sources, Nirvair Radio was warned not to air guests that would criticize the Bani of Dasam Patshah, as there was a HukamNama from Sri Akal Takht Sahib forbidding such criticism by labeling them as “shararteee ansar” (mischievous elements).

Interestingly, Nirvair Radio management went ahead and interviewed the controversial guest, who spent over 45 minutes criticizing the Bani of Guru Gobind Singh, and openly referred to Guru Ji's compilations as “gand da tokra.” He insisted that the Sikh community should throw it (Dasam Patshah’s Bani) out immediately.

When asked what he thought about the sacred Sikh Nitnem Banis that were part of Dasam Granth, the so-called ‘professor of Sikhism’ stated that according to his knowledge the Nitem Banis were all contained in the beginning angs of Guru Granth Sahib Ji, which is untrue.

“Gurteja has a long history of anti-Panthic activities, and this is just the latest. He, along with the Nirvair Radio management needs to publicly apologize for airing such hurtful remarks against Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s Bani and our sacred Nitnem." - Khalsa Alliance

Community Outrage

Another reason members of the Sikh community were perturbed by Nirvair Radio is that neither the host Balwinder Singh nor his guest, Amrik Singh Mukatsar, openly condemned Gurtej Sinh’s offensive comments. Instead, host Balwinder Singh merely remarked that he disagreed with Gurtej Sinh’s use of those words, but at the same time he was welcome ('mubarak') to make such comments. He continued to refer to Gurtej as a scholar and thanked him for being on his talk show. Some community members have complained to the local Better Business Bureau that the talk show has hurt their religious sentiments, and that stringent action be taken against the broadcaster, Nirvair.

Khalsa Alliance, an organization that is familiar with Gurtej Sinh’s past anti-Panthic activities, issued a statement condemning Gurtej Singh’s comments and blasted the Nirvair Radio management for even allowing such individuals on their show. “Gurteja [Gurtej] has a long history of anti-Panthic activities, and this is just the latest. He, along with the Nirvair Radio management needs to publicly apologize for airing such hurtful remarks against Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s Bani and our sacred Nitnem. We ask all Sikhs to severe ties with Gurteja, unless he apologizes for his blasphemous comments.”

KAC distances Itself from comments

Gurtej is also a legal advisor to the Khalsa Action Committee (KAC) , and has represented the KAC on many fronts. While speaking to Panthic Weekly, KAC convener, Bhai Mohkam Singh attempted to distance the KAC from Gurtej's on-air comments, and stated that he (Gurtej) only represented the Committee on a legal basis, and his views were not necessarily endorsed by the Action Committee. Bhai Mohkam Singh, refused to discuss the controversy any further and ended his conversation with PW abruptly.

This is not the first time Gurtej has insulted the sacred Bani of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. In 2004, he referred to Dasam Patshah's Chaupai as "koor-kabarr" (trash) during a debate between Sant Sipahi Magazine editor Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba and himself.

For details see : Kala Afghana Crony Spews Poison against Ardas and Dasam Bani in 2004 Video
http://www.panthic.org/news/125/ARTICLE/2971/2006-12-13.html

Blast was set up say Sikhs

Police go on Rampage after Cult Convoy Blast
Thursday 7th of February 2008
Panthic Weekly News Bureau

Police officials searching Paramjit Kaur's (RIGHT) residence in Raghmajra, Patiala

Patiala , Punjab (KP) – Following the blasts on the Dera Sacha Sauda Cult leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the Haryana Police has carried out a number of raids in various places with the collaboration of the Punjab Police. Although the blasts left Ram Rahim unhurt, several persons have been detained and questioned, while two have been officially arrested by the police.

Haryana police have named Baksheesh Singh, a resident of Patiala, as a prime suspect. According to police officials, Baksheesh Singh is a former member of the freedom group Khalistan Commando Force. Police carried out a surprise search at his residence but failed to find the whereabouts of Baksheesh. At the time, only Paramjit Kaur, his wife, and their kids were present in the house.

According to Paramjit Kaur, her husband had left for Hazoor Sahib along with some passengers to partake in religious celebrations several days ago. While denying her husband’s involvement, Paramjit Kaur alleged that the police insulted her while questioning about the whereabouts of her husband. According to Balwinder Singh, a lawyer, Baksheesh Singh had several cases pending upon him which were all withdrawn. Now he is working as a taxi driver but some police officers want to take advantage of the incident to once again disturb Baksheesh Singh's life.

Mann Dal and KAC activists arrested

Police has also questioned several members of the Shiromani Akal Dal (A) led by S. Simranjit Singh Mann and his opposition leader Daljit S. Bittu. Both men arrested–Mohinder Singh and Swarn Singh–are active supporters of the SAD (A), and according to police officials, have allegedly testified on Baksheesh Singh's involvement.

In related developments, several leader of the Khalsa Action Committee, including Daljit S. Bittu were later arrested in connection to a protest march they were planning on the Salabatpura dera.

Vehicle from the cult's convoy that was damaged from the myterious blast

According to the police reports, the blast was preplanned and masterminded by Baksheesh Singh. Police have also claimed the use of RDX in the plot, just as all other alleged plots in recent years. According to revelations made by the police, about two kilograms of RDX was placed in the back of the truck and the detonator was placed by the steering wheel. The forensic science team has also claimed to have discovered the wires that triggered the explosives.

Suspicious Blast

Although these revelations seemingly lead toward a preplanned activity, it remains a mystery that the truck which was chosen to carry the explosives was actually owned by those arrested in this case. Furthermore, the severeness of the blasts does not suggest the use of such a high quantity of explosive substance. In addition, if the truck was fully equipped to assassinate Ram Rahim, why was another car targeted instead of his personal automobile?

Many Sikh leaders have labeled the blast as a 'pre-planned drama' by the authorities to damage the image of the Sikhs and as an excuse to provide more security to the cult leader and their patronizers, including Parkash Badal and his son, Sukhbir.

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Sant Jarnail Singh Board Destroyed

Damage to hoarding resented
Tribune News Service

Sangrur, February 9
Resentment prevails among activists and members of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) over the vandalism of a hoarding of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale by unknown persons here last night. The board was put up at a chowk, in front of city police station, by the SAD (A) in connection with the birthday of Bhindranwale to be celebrated at Fatehgarh Sahib on February 12.

In an application to the police here, SAD (A) office-bearers have stated that a board, regarding birthday of Bhindranwale, had been put up at the Barra Chowk, which had been damaged by some miscreants to disturb peace. They also expressed apprehension that some Hindu organisations wanted to disturb peace in the town. They demanded an inquiry into the incident.

General secretary of the SAD (A) Jeet Singh Alloarkh said here today that the board of Sant Bhindranwale had been damaged under a “conspiracy” to disturb peace in the state. He said it was a matter of concern that the board had been damaged in front of the main gate of the local city police station where policemen were on duty round the clock.

Alloarkh said they had given an application to the SHO to initiate action against “erring” persons.

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