Tribune News Service
Amritsar, July 6
Ludhiana MLA Balwinder Singh Bains, who is also an SGPC member, today lodged a complaint with the Amritsar police, seeking a probe into the missing 267 “saroops” of Guru Granth Sahib.
The issue came to the light after SGPC’s former assistant supervisor (publication) Kanwaljit Singh was denied retirement benefits over the matter. He claimed that at least 80 “birs” were damaged in a fire incident of May 19, 2016, at Gurdwara Ramsar Sahib.
On the other hand, the SGPC claimed that only 14 “saroops” were damaged and the remaining were misappropriated.
Bains said: “The damaged ‘saroops’ were taken to Goindwal Sahib and no ‘pashchatap’ (remorse prayers) were held. Kanwaljit Singh has claimed that he had been
pressured to issue ‘saroops’ without making an entry in the records. We demand a thorough inquiry into the matter and punishment to the erring SGPC officials.”
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