As the Sikh world in Jammu and Kashmir is yet to come to terms with the alleged murder of former President of the State Gurdwara Parbandhak Board Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference veteran leader Tarlochan Singh Wazir, the All-Party Sikh Coordination Committee-APSCC Chairperson Jagmohan Singh Raina has demanded a Central Bureau of India -CBI enquiry into the mysterious circumstances which led to his killing in downtown Delhi in the house of a new acquaintance.

While the Delhi police are investigating the alleged murder, a pall of gloom has descended on Sikhs in Jammu and Kashmir. Sikh leaders in Delhi, Punjab and Kashmir have also expressed shock at the crime as there does not seem to be a clear motto. The National Conference has also expressed grief at his demise.

He was in Delhi for a few days prior to his boarding a flight to Canada on 2 September, to meet his family there. As per newspaper reports, the new acquaintance Harpreet Singh is missing and a police manhunt has been launched to trace him.

In a statement issued in Srinagar, the APSCC committee leader Jagmohan Singh Raina has recalled his contribution to the Sikh community and the transport industry and taking into account the gravity of the crime sought a full-scale CBI investigation into the alleged murder.

The World Sikh News empathises with the family and Sikhs of the region. We recall his commitment to the authentic Nanakshahi calendar and his direction to  Gurdwaras in Jammu and Kashmir four years ago, as reported by WSN, to observe Sikh religious programmes as per the Nanakshahi calendar adopted by the Sikhs in 2003 at Akal Takht Sahib.

A prominent member of the Sikh community in Jammu and Kashmir, a former Member of the Legislative Council of J & K, Tarlochan Singh Wazir played a prominent role in the Sikh affairs of the state.  A doyen of the transport industry of Jammu and Kashmir, serving as president of the J & K Transport Companies Association for two decades, he contributed substantially towards the welfare of transporters and all people associated with the transport industry.