Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on December 18 condemned an alleged sacrilege attempt at the Sri Harimandir Sahib or the Golden Temple in Amritsar and directed state authorities to thoroughly probe the matter and find the "real conspirators."

"CM @CharanjitChanni strongly condemned the most unfortunate and heinous act to attempt sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Harimandir Sahib during the path of Sri Rehras Sahib," CMO Punjab tweeted. "CM directed state police authorities to thoroughly probe into entire matter to zero in at the underlying motive and real conspirators behind this dastardly act," said another tweet from CMO Punjab.