CBI Files Chargesheet in Faridkot Holy Text Desecration Case

A reward of Rs 10 lakh in exchange for information related to the culprits has also been announced by the CBI.

File photo of people gathered in Bathinda, Punjab to protest against the desecration of the holy book. (Photo: PTI)

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet in the case of sacrilege of Sikh holy book – Guru Granth Sahib – in November 2015.

Charges were pressed for following:

• Theft of the book from Burj Jawaharsingwala on 1 June 2015
  
• Defamatory and derogatory posters on 24 and 25 September 2015
  
• Sacrilege of the book in Faridkot on 12 October 2015
  

The CBI has also announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh in exchange of any information related to the culprits in the incidents.

A page form the CBI chargesheet in the case. (Photo Courtesy: ANI)

Two people were killed in alleged police firing during a protest in Faridkot’s Bargari against the desecration of the holy book.

Before handing the case of the two deaths to the CBI, the Punjab government had set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the matter.

(With agency inputs)