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Five Held After Stones Target Gurdwara Manji Sahib Langar Hall

Five Held After Stones Target Gurdwara Manji Sahib Langar Hall
5 held for pelting stones at Gurdwara Manji Sahib; SGPC warns against spreading rumours · indianexpress.com

Police in Ludhiana registered a case against five people after stones were allegedly thrown at a gurdwara’s langar hall.

The gurdwara management said the incident began when staff turned away a visitor.

Manager Hardeep Singh said the visitor seemed suspicious and intoxicated.

He said the visitor later returned with others and three stones were thrown.

Afterward, claims spread that gurdwara staff had burned nearby homes where migrants lived.

Singh denied that staff had started a fire.

He said the migrants had already left the shanties and that the plots were privately owned.

The report says migrants in the area continue to eat langar at the gurdwara.

Key facts

FIR
Registered by Ludhiana Police against five people.
Incident date
October 5.
Reported target
The langar hall at Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib, Alamgir.
Stones reported
Gurdwara manager Hardeep Singh said three stones were thrown.
Manager
Hardeep Singh.
Shanty allegation
Singh denied that gurdwara staff set nearby migrant shanties on fire.
Land location
Singh said the shanties stood on nearby private vacant plots, not gurdwara land.

Quotes

Hardeep Singh

Manager of Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib in Alamgir

“We did not set any shanty on fire. The migrants had vacated the jhuggis after we asked them to. Later, maybe some Nihangs came and set the vacant shanties on fire. The shanties were not on gurdwara land but on private vacant plots nearby.”
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“He went away, but after some time, he along with his accomplices, pelted three stones at the langar hall. We immediately called the police and five accused were detained.”
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