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Sacrilege Incident: Court rejects bail plea of 2 Dera followers
Faridkot, June 22, 2021: The Court of Duty Magistrate, Faridkot on Monday dismissed the bail petition of Pardeep Singh and Nishan Singh, two Dera followers in the holy book sacrilege incident.
Last month, a special investigation team (SIT) of Punjab police, formed to investigate the six-year-old case of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in Bargari and Jawahar Singh Wala, arrested six accused persons. All of them are Dera Sirsa followers.
Pardeep Singh and Nishan Singh were among the six arrested. Both the accused have approached the court with the bail plea claiming that their judicial custody was serving no purpose as the SIT has failed to find any evidence against them.
The SIT team is headed by the SPS Parmar Ig border range. Rajinder Singh Sohal AIG counter intelligence personally supervised case with government attorney.
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