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Five Held After Stones Target Gurdwara Manji Sahib Langar Hall
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.
Ludhiana Police registered an FIR against five people over alleged stone-pelting at the langar hall of Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib, Alamgir.
The incident followed an October 5 altercation between a visitor and shrine staff, according to the report.
Gurdwara manager Hardeep Singh said the visitor was turned away because he appeared suspicious and intoxicated, then returned with others and threw three stones.
Allegations later circulated that gurdwara staff had set fire to nearby migrant shanties; Singh denied the claim.
Singh said migrants had left the shanties after being asked to move, and that they were on nearby private plots, not gurdwara land.
- Who
- Ludhiana Police registered an FIR against five people; Gurdwara manager Hardeep Singh described the incident.
- What
- Five people were accused of pelting stones at a gurdwara langar hall after an altercation; allegations about nearby shanties being set on fire were denied by the manager.
- Where
- Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib, Alamgir, Ludhiana, and nearby private plots.
- When
- The altercation and alleged stone-pelting occurred on October 5; police registered the FIR on Thursday.
- Why
- The gurdwara management said the incident followed staff turning away a visitor who appeared suspicious and intoxicated.
Gurdwara management’s account
Allegations and reported claims
Stone-pelting incident
Gurdwara management’s account
Manager Hardeep Singh said a visitor was turned away because he appeared suspicious and intoxicated, then returned with accomplices who threw three stones.
Allegations and reported claims
The report says five people were accused of pelting stones after an altercation; it does not include their account.
Nearby shanty fire
Gurdwara management’s account
Singh denied that gurdwara staff set fire to the shanties and said migrants had vacated them before a possible fire by others.
Allegations and reported claims
Allegations circulated that gurdwara staff had set fire to the shanties where migrants lived; the report does not identify the source of the allegation.
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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