Punish Golden Temple incident conspirators: Shahi Imam

Mahesh Sharma

Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 19

Shocked over an unsuccessful attempt by an unidentified man to commit sacrilege at the Golden Temple on Saturday evening, Shahi Imam, Punjab, Maulana Mohammad Usman Ludhianvi has urged all concerned to probe the incident so that hidden forces and conspirators are identified and dealt with firmly.

“I believe that it is the worst news on the sacred land of Punjab that a sinner tried to commit sacrilege at the Golden Temple when evening prayer (Rehras Path) was going on at nightfall on Saturday,” said the Shahi Imam, while talking to The Tribune. He said no words are adequate to condemn the incident.

Apprehending that the incident was the outcome of sinister designs of some hidden forces, Malauna Mohammad Usman Ludhianvi urged the authorities in the Punjab Government and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to get the sequence of events leading to the sinful act probed and reach conspirators by all means. “Those who argue that the matter is closed with the death of the sinner should not forget that there are conspirators yet to be identified who deliberately chose the period when the whole world was paying tributes to Sahibzadas for their supreme sacrifice as it would hurt sentiments of Sikhs across the world in severest manner,” said Ludhianavi petitioning that the authorities concerned in the government and SGPC should not try to wash their hands of the responsibility to bring the case to a conclusive end.

The Shahi Imam said it was too worrying that sacrilege incidents are occurring repeatedly and the successive governments and authorities concerned have failed to nail the real sinners trying to disrupt harmony of the region. “As sacrilege incidents in any religion cause deep anguish and outrage in minds of members of all religions, these are not tolerable at any cost,” said the Shahi Imam apprehending that inaction and leniency with conspirators would result in reoccurrence of such incidents and disruption of communal harmony in already disturbed state.