SGPC plans to amend record on pardon

Patiala, September 7

The SGPC is planning to table a draft to amend its record regarding the controversial exoneration of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a blasphemy case.

SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar said that after discussing the case in the upcoming meeting of the interim committee, they would table the draft in the General House meeting scheduled in November.

The pardon resolution was put on record on September 29, 2015, amid a protest by some members. The resolution was passed “unanimously” a few days after the then five high priests had issued a “gurmata” to pardon the dera chief.

Another Premi dies

Muktsar: A Dera Sacha Sauda follower from Satnam Nagar in Malout town today succumbed to his injuries sustained in the August 25 violence in Panchkula, taking the number of those killed from Muktsar district to four. Gurdeep (22) was hit in the head and was admitted to PGI, Chandigarh. — TNS