Former SGPC General Secretary booked for hurting religious sentiments, arrested
By Rajnish Sareen
Nawanshahr, September, 07, 2018 : Former SGPC General Secretary, Sukhdev Singh Bhaur has been arrested on the allegations of hurting religious sentiments.
A case under sections 295 A of IPC and section 66(A) of IT Act has been registered against former SGPC General Secretary, Sukhdev Singh Bhaur at Banga police station here in the district today. The case has been registered on the basis of the two complaints lodged by representatives of Ravidassia community including Sat Pal Sahlon , Nachhatar Pal, Sat Pal Jassi, and Priya Banga in which they have accused him of hurting their sentiments by using derogatory language against Sant Sri 108 Ramananand, who was kiled in Vienna. They have also attached the CD of the video of Bahuar along with the complaint filed to police.
The police officials here have been evading the queries regarding confirming his arrest.
In the complaint, the representatives of the Ravidassia Community have stated that while talking about the ‘Bargari incident’, Bhaur had used objectionable words against Sant shri 108 Ramanand, who was killed in Vienna ( Austria) in 2009, of Dera Sach Khand Balllan in Jalandhar. They said that Bhaur in a video conference, which went viral on social media, had used objectionable words. They also alleged that because of such views of Bhaur against Sant Ramanand it seems that his hand was in sant’s killing in Vieanna.
“Our entire Ravidassia community has hurt badly after seeing this video and an adequate action must be taken against Bhaur,” said Nachhatar Pal, General Secretary, BSP, Punjab.
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SGPC ex-general secretary held for hurting religious sentiments
Chandigarh, Sep 7 (IANS) Former general secretary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Sukhdev Singh Bhaur was on Friday arrested from Mohali town, adjoining Chandigarh, following a case registered against him for hurting religious sentiments of a community, police said.
He was booked by the Punjab Police in Banga town in Nawanshahr district, around 85 km from here, following a complaint from the members of Ravidassia community who alleged that Bhaur had hurt their religious sentiments by saying unwarranted things against the community's religious leader Sant Ramanand.
Sources said that Bhaur, who made the comments in a recent speech, took to social media to regret his utterances and apologised to the community members.
Sant Ramanand, who headed the influential Dera Ballan in Punjab's Doaba belt, was killed in an attack at a shrine in Vienna in Austria in 2009. His killing had brought Punjab to a standstill due to violence by the Ravidassia community in Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur districts.
Bhaur had even remained acting-President of the SGPC earlier. He fell out with the Shiromani Akali Dal leadership in 2015 following sacrilege incidents in the state.
The SGPC, considered mini-parliament of Sikh religious affairs, is a cash-rich organisation with an annual budget of nearly Rs 1,200 crore. It manages gurdwaras (Sikh temples) in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, including the holiest of Sikh shrines "Harmandir Sahib", popularly known as Golden Temple, in Amritsar.