EX­CLU­SIVE: Ex­hausted by the si­lence of the main bod­ies of the Sikhs, Nir­mal Singh, the Pres­i­dent of the Singh Sabha Raipur speaks up against the at­tack on Gi­ani Am­rik Singh Chandi­garh and seeks im­me­di­ate in­ter­ven­tion of Akal Takht Sahib.

Tak­ing a lead over the pre­mier bod­ies of the Sikhs, Nir­mal Singh, the Pres­i­dent of the Singh Sabha Raipur, Chhat­tis­garh con­demns the das­tardly at­tack on Gi­ani Am­rik Singh and equates the cul­prits with Mannu -the his­toric slayer of the Sikhs who slaugh­tered the Sikhs in the eigh­teenth cen­tury. 

5 days ago, a stel­lar preacher of the Sikh com­mu­nity Gi­ani Am­rik Singh was bru­tally as­saulted within the precincts of Gur­d­wara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Park Av­enue Chandi­garh, where he had been preach­ing since 1998. 

While Sikhs are an­gry with the as­sault, the one thing which has of­fended them most is that the cul­prits re­moved his tur­ban, hurl­ing the high­est in­sult that can be meted out to a Sikh.

“We have ear­lier also writ­ten let­ters to Akal Takht for in­ter­ven­tion. Af­ter the meet­ing we will be writ­ing again and will see that those re­spon­si­ble are pun­ished and such in­ci­dents do not re­cur”

As the lead­ers of the Sikh com­mu­nity have been stunned into self-im­posed si­lence, the Singh San­gat has been vo­cal in con­demn­ing the in­ci­dent and seek­ing not only an apol­ogy but also de­clar­ing the cul­prits as tankhaiya. 

Speak­ing ex­clu­sively on the phone line from Raipur, Nir­mal Singh said, “We are hold­ing a meet­ing of our San­gat to­mor­row for the Chardikala of the Panth.” He sounded very per­turbed and said, “We have ear­lier also writ­ten let­ters to Akal Takht for in­ter­ven­tion. Af­ter the meet­ing we will be writ­ing again and will see that those re­spon­si­ble are pun­ished and such in­ci­dents do not re­cur.”

 Ul­tra-or­tho­dox Tak­sal lack­eys at­tack Gi­ani Am­rik Singh, Sikhs an­gry

 ਗਿਆਨੀ ਅਮਰੀਕ ਸਿੰਘ ਤੇ ਟਕਸਾਲੀਆਂ ਵਲੋਂ ਬਰਤਾਨੀਆ’ਚ ਹਮਲਾ

 At­tack on Gi­ani Am­rik Singh: Sikhs need se­ri­ous soul-search­ing

 ਭਾਈ ਅਮਰੀਕ ਸਿੰਘ ਕੁੱਟ ਮਾਰ ਘੱਟਨਾ: ਅਫਸੋਸਨਾਕ, ਦੁੱਖਦਾਈ ਤੇ ਸ਼ਰਮਨਾਕ

He ap­pealed to all Sikh bod­ies and re­spon­si­ble lead­ers of the com­mu­nity to en­sure that such in­ci­dents are not re­peated in the fu­ture as it mars the rep­u­ta­tion of the Sikhs and is “ut­terly dis­grace­ful.”

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Gur­min­der Singh Chottu ji -se­nior leader from Raipur, speak­ing to WSN said, “This is un­ac­cept­able. We can have all kinds of dif­fer­ences, but stoop­ing so low and re­mov­ing the tur­ban of a Sikh and that too of a re­spectable scholar can­not be tol­er­ated.”

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