Woman booked on sacrilege charge

An incident of sacrilege has come to light at a gurdwara in Ludhiana. A woman took off her clothes and threw them in front of Guru Granth Sahib. People who had come there to offer prayers tried to stop her, but she did not listen and continued to create a ruckus.

After this, the congregation reached the spot and brought the woman under control. The woman did this in front of her husband. The incident was captured on CCTV cameras installed in the premises.

After the video surfaced, the Sahnewal police registered a case against the woman, based on a complaint by Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) member Jaswant Singh Cheema.

Giving information to the police, Cheema said he was a member of the Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De). He came to know from the video that surfaced on social media that on August 21, a woman along with her husband reached Gurdwara Shri Ravidas Ji Maharaj at Jugiana village near Sahnewal.

Cheema said it was visible in the video that the woman was speaking loudly and suddenly took off her clothes and threw them in front of Guru Granth Sahib.

Cheema said the woman had insulted the religious sentiments by carrying out the aforesaid act.

Meanwhile, investigating officer ASI Jaspreet Singh said that the keys of the gurdwara were lost. The gurudwara committee suspected that the woman might have stolen the keys. She was called there in this connection. When some women present there asked to conduct a search on her, she suddenly got angry and did this. The police is searching for the woman.