Sikhs toughen stance against Sacha Sauda on stoning issue

Fatehabad, June 15 (UNI) Tension continued to prevail in Chandpura village today with the Chandpura Gurudwara management rejecting a truce proposal by the administration to defuse the situation following stoning of the shrine by some Sacha Sauda followers on Wednesday.

A meeting of the Sikh factions, presided over by Jathedar Jagroop Singh, was held in the Gurudwara today and the shrine management committee outrightly rejected the proposals and toughened its stance on the issue.

The committee alleged that the 'naam charcha ghar' of the dera in their village had been constructed by the dera followers after encroaching upon the village gazing ground and resolved to ensure that the land was restored to the panchayat after demolishing the building.

The police has already arrested six Dera followers in the connection with pelting of the Gurdwara with stones.

DSP Samunder Singh, who is overseeing the police deployment in the village, had approached the Sikh factions with the peace proposal from some village elders.

The committee informed the mediators that any decision on this issue would now be taken after directions from the Akal Takht and Takht Damdama Sahib.

The Sikh factions also resolved that they would restore possession of the dera land to the panchayat with the help of the local administration and in case the local administration failed to cooperate, they would go ahead with their task with the help of followers of the Khalsa Panth.

UNI