Now, Akali leader's kin beats up traffic cop in Gurdaspur

Sunday, December, 09 2012 - 17:52

 

GURDASPUR/AMRITSAR: In another shameful incident denting further the image of Shiromani Akali Dal which is still reeling from criticism over Wednesday's murder of an Assistant Sub Inspector in Amritsar by its leader, a kin of party'sYouth Wing today bashed up a traffic policeman in Gurdaspur.

The accused has been identified as Inderpal Singh, Akali leader Paramjit Singh Laddi’s nephew. The incident took place in full public view following an argument between the head constable Gurnam Singh and the traffic cop. 

Laadi's nephew allegedly tore the uniform of the policeman on duty. The accused has been booked on the charges of obstructing a public servant from discharging his duty under sections 186 and 332 (for voluntarily causing injury to public servant to obstruct him from discharging his duty).

The incident came close on the heels of the high-headedness and blatant abuse of power when an ASI in Amritsar was shot dead by an Akali leader in broad day light and in full public view.

On December 5, ASI Ravinderpal Singh, who had protested against the eve-teasing of his daughter by the general secretary of Amritsar urban unit of SAD Ranjjit Singh Rana and his associates, was gunned down in broad day light. The incident led to a huge public outcry in the country, denting the image of the ruling party in the state which was accused of recruiting youth with shady credentials into the party and promoting him into the top official slot in the organisation for rendering 'services' to the party.


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Now, Akali sarpanch kills man in Amritsar

Days after an Akali Dal general secretary allegedly killed a police officer in Amritsar city, a villager was kidnapped and hacked to death in Amritsar district, allegedly by a local leader of the party. Amarjit Singh, Akali supporter and sarpanch of Nangal village, the main accused in the crime, is on the run.

The local Congress MLA, Harpartap Singh Ajnala, said Amarjit is the general secretary of the block unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

 The SAD — which is already under pressure following the Amritsar policemen’s death — has denied that Amarjit holds a post in the party or is even a member.

On Saturday night, Amarjit, along with 10 others, attacked the farmhouse of one Gurpreet Singh Gopi in the outskirts of the village. He was dragged out of his bed and taken to Amarjit’s house, where the men set upon him with a spear, said a police officer.

Thereafter, the sarpanch summoned policemen from the Ajnala police station and told them that he had beaten up Gopi as he had scaled the boundary wall and trespassed into his house, Harpratap said.

The man was admitted to the civil hospital in Ajnala with multiple injuries and was later referred to a hospital in Amritsar. But on Monday morning, he died at a private nursing home in the city. Officers of the local police said it was a matter of personal enmity.

“A case has been registered against Amarjit and 10 others at the Ajnala police station. But all the men named in the FIR are absconding,” said PS Virk, senior superintendent of police, Amritsar (rural).

Condemning the incident, Harpartap, who is also the district Congress committee chief of Amritsar, said this was yet another instance of the power Akali goons wield. Pointing out how the police had failed to take Amarjit into custody on the spot, he demanded a detailed inquiry into the case.

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Book on Sikh shrines in Pak presented to PM

LUDHIANA: Leading businessman of the city Ranjodh Singh, president of Ramgarhia Educational Council and Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, presented the first copy of his book 'Nankana Sahib and Sikh Shrines in Pakistan' to the Prime Minister during the latter's visit to Punjab Agricultural University (PAU).

Ranjodh said, "The valuable book comprises a vivid description of Gurdwara Sri Nankana Sahib, Gurdwara Sri Baal Lila Sahib and other Sikh shrines related to the life of Guru Nanak Dev. This book is written in three languages English, Hindi and Punjabi." "It is replete with illustrative pictures of the shrines. This book will serve as a strong link for the whole Sikh community, creating awareness among them about the rich Sikh religious heritage in Pakistan." 

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Gurdwara Act: Cong pushes for change, BJP contests move

Gurdwara Act is crucial to hold the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee elections, which the Supreme Court wants before December 31.

 

The Delhi government is pushing hard to pass the much-debated and amended Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Act in the Assembly winter session, beginning Tuesday. 

The legislation is important because it will set the norms for elections to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC). The Supreme Court had ordered elections to the DSGMC before December 31. 

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had criticised the amendments to the Act, alleging that the Congress government in Delhi was “meddling” with religious affairs of the Sikhs and trying to foist its loyalists into the gurdwara committee. 

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit refuted the allegations. “We have proposed changes to the Act to increase transparency and would like to hold elections to the DSGMC under the amended Act. The elections will be held before the deadline of December 31, but we might ask the Supreme Court to give us more time if required,” she said. 

She said the amendments would be tabled in the winter session of the Assembly. 

Senior Delhi government officials said Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna last week gave his consent to the amendments and sent the returned the file to the government. “We will now send it to the Union Home Ministry, which has to clear the amendments before they can be tabled in the Assembly,” an official said. 

The amendments seek to directly elect the DSGMC president. At present, members of the executive elect the committee chief. 

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US has much to learn from Sikhs: Harvard professor Diana Eck

NEW YORK: As the Sikh community in the US makes efforts to recover from the tragedy of the Gurudwara shooting, a Harvard professor has said Sikhs have emerged as a role model for Americans who can learn from the dignity and generosity the community.

"Most Americans still know little of the Sikh Americans whose history in the United States, dating to the early 20th century, is now firmly part of our common history."

"While we catch up on our basic education, however, it is important to know that Sikhs share three distinctly and deeply American values -- the importance of hard work, a commitment to human equality, and the practice of neighbourly hospitality," Harvard University professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana Eck said in an editorial in the Dallas Morning News.

Eck said if the gunman Michael Wade Page had been simply a neighbour or a local visitor, he would have been warmly welcomed by the community and served food in the gurudwara.

The assailant would have "discovered a religious community so confident and expansive in its hospitality that it would embrace a complete stranger".

In the face of immense tragedy after the shooting, Sikhs still offered the food they had prepared to the hundreds of emergency workers, police officers and staff who surrounded the temple.

"The dignity and generosity of the Sikh community in the wake of this violence remind us just how much we have to learn from these neighbors," Eck added.

Eck said no other religious community demonstrates the meaning of hospitality as abundantly as the Sikhs, noting that the huge, "industrial-size kitchens" in gurudwaras prepare food for community members and strangers alike.

"This hospitality is not just a gesture; it is foundational to the Sikh faith. Eating together is what knits the Sikh community together and breaks down the barriers that divide the wider human community," Eck said adding that eating together symboliSes a Sikh's personal rejection of discrimination and prejudice.

"Sikhs remind us that eating together is one of the important liturgies of the human community, for people of every faith and none," the professor said.

Six members of the Sikh community were killed in the Wisconsin gurudwara on August 5 when Page opened fire as they were getting ready for Sunday morning prayers.
Page was wounded by a police officer and died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head.

The shooting shocked the peaceful Sikh community, which received wide spread support and sympathy.

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"I complain to Waris Shah today"

I say to Waris Shah today, speak from your grave
And add a new page to your book of love

Once one daughter of Punjab wept, and you wrote your long saga;
Today thousands weep, calling to you Waris Shah:

Arise, o friend of the afflicted; arise and see the state of Punjab,
Corpses strewn on fields, and the Chenaab flowing with much blood.

Someone filled the five rivers with poison,
And this same water now irrigates our soil.

Where was lost the flute, where the songs of love sounded?
And all Ranjha’s brothers forgotten to play the flute.

Blood has rained on the soil, graves are oozing with blood,
The princesses of love cry their hearts out in the graveyards.

Today all the Quaido’ns have become the thieves of love and beauty,
Where can we find another one ,like Waris Shah?

Waris Shah! I say to you, speak from your grave
And add a new page to your book of love.

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Our Salute to ASI Ravinder Pal Singh ji : SikhsIndia

Our Salute to ASI Ravinder pal singh ji who was killed in Amritsar by local Akali leaders while he was trying to save his daughter from eve teasers & molesters. Our deepest condolences to the family of ASI Ravinder pal singh ji.

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Shame on what happened in Amritsar today !