No evidence of sacrilege in Kapurthala incident: Punjab CM Channi

Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi said on Friday there is no evidence to suggest there was a sacrilege bid in the state’s Kapurthala, where a man was accused by a mob of trying to remove a holy flag of the Sikhs at a gurdwara and beaten to death. Matter is being probed and FIR to be amended, CM said. GS Dhillon, inspector general of police (Jalandhar Range), has also said there was no visible sign of sacrilege according to their investigation and the police are investigating the allegations.

The unidentified man was beaten to death at Nizampur in Kapurthala district for allegedly disrespecting the 'Nishan Sahib' at the village Gurudwara on December 19. Videos of people beating up the man who allegedly attempted sacrilege have gone viral on the internet. GS Dhillon, inspector general of police (Jalandhar Range), has also said there was no visible sign of sacrilege according to their investigation and the police are investigating the allegations.

After Channi’s press conference, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal alleged there was a conspiracy behind the recent cases of sacrilege and the explosion in a court in Ludhiana. The Delhi chief minister also said the “weak government” ruling Punjab has failed to crack the whip. He said he has full faith in the people of Punjab and that they will defeat the nefarious designs of those trying to foment tension.