Sacrilege incident in Jalandhar, protesters block road

JALANDHAR: Yet another incident of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib, torn pages of the Sikh holy book were found in a distributory near Sher Singh Colony. The torn pages were spotted in the canal. The word spread soon and police was also informed. Protesting against the sacrilege and demanding arrest of the culprits, Sikh activists sat on a dharna in busy Kapurthala chowk and blocked traffic. Punjab remained on the boil after sacrilege incident in Bargari in Faridkot district, in October last year and then quite a few incidents were reported from across the state. Two Sikh men were also killed in Behbal Kalan village when police opened fire on protesters who were sitting on dharna against the sacrilege incident.