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