Sacrilege cases: Sidhu says publicly hang accused; Singhvi condemns lynching

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday condemned the alleged sacrilege attempts at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and at a gurdwara in Kapurthala saying conspiracies are being hatched to disturb peace in the stateIf any incident of sacrilege takes place be it of the Quran Sharif the Bhagavad Gita or the Guru Granth Sahib the culprits should be publicly hanged should be given the maximum punishment under the Constitution because such incidents hurt our sentiments he saidHe also said deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings should be dealt with deterrent punishmentAlso Read Second man beaten to death for alleged sacrilege attempt in Punjab in 2 daysPunjab is built on strong foundation of Oneness amp universal brotherhood laid down by Guru Sahib No divisive forces can destroy strong social fabric of Punjabi Community Deliberate amp malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings should be dealt with deterrent punishment Sidhu said in a tweetMany politicians have condemned the sacrilege attempts but only MP Abhisek Manu Singhvi has condemned the lynching incident I request the authorities to take strict action against those who took law in their own hands posted Singhvi on TwitterSacrilege is horrendous but lynching in a civilized country is no less horrendous I request the authorities to take strict action against all who took law into their own hand amp make an example out of themmdash Abhishek Singhvi DrAMSinghvi December 19 2021Earlier Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit SIngh Channi Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and BJP state secretary Tajinder Singh Sran and Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal had condemned the sacrilege attempt at Golden TempleCM 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 13mdash CMO Punjab CMOPb December 18 2021 mdash Arvind Kejriwal ArvindKejriwal December 18 2021Those committing these nefarious deeds were emboldened and went scotfree as Congress govt in Punjab wasted nearly 5 yrs in playing dirty politics The guilty of these acts at Sri Harmandar Sahib amp Kapurthala would have escaped if SGPC and the devotees were not vigilant 22mdash Sukhbir Singh Badal officeofssbadal December 19 2021Strongly condemn the horrific incident of attempted sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at Darbar Sahib Govt must get to the bottom of what led this man to act in such a despicable mannermdash CaptAmarinder Singh capt_amarinder December 18 2021If INCIndia led Govt of Punjab is serious about Sacrilege issues of Holy gurugranthsahibji then it should handover all pending amp current issues under investigation to CBI so that Perpetrators are brought to justice blsanthosh saudansinghbjp AshwaniSBJP mssirsa pictwittercomkJlJNlv9x0mdash Tajinder Singh Sran TajinderSTS December 19 2021Earlier addressing a public meeting in Malerkotla district he said Even today conspiracies are being hatched to disturb peace in PunjabThe cricketerturnedpolitician said those involved in any incident of sacrilege should be awarded the maximum punishmentAnyone can make a mistake but this is not a mistake this is a conspiracy to weaken and finish the society he added Two unidentified men were beaten to death in Amritsar and Kapurthala after they allegedly attempted to commit sacrilegeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever