Uttarakhand Police Headquarters has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising officials of the Special Task Force and local police hours after the killing of Nanakmatta Gurdwara Kar Seva Pramukh, Baba Tarsem Singh, on Thursday morning.

Additional police force has also been deployed in the Nanakmatta area of Udham Singh Nagar district to maintain peace and police have appealed to the Sikh community to maintain peace.