PANCHKULA: Tension was palpable at Gurdwara Nada Sahib on Thursday as Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) (ad-hoc) president Jagdish Jhinda along with 26 workers was arrested at around 6pm for staging a sit-in demonstration in demand of a separate gurdwara committee in Haryana.
They were produced before Panchkula SDM KL Kalson, who released them on bail bond of Rs 10,000 each.
Jhinda, who had arrived along with his 500 workers at 2pm, was stopped from holding Sukhmani path inside the shrine by Panchkula police, who had erected barricades.
SDM KL Kalson and SP Maneesh Chaudhary met Jhinda and tried to pacify him but to no avail. Jhinda refused to leave the site till representative from the Haryana chief minister office heard their grievances.
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