PHAGWARA:Tension Prevailed in Village Chhokrra near Goraya on late Wednesday evening when a case of sacrilege has come to the fore as some pages of “ Holy Gutka Sahib” were found burnt lying in a drain in the Village.
A Villager Jasbir Singh noticed the torn and burnt pages and informed Gurdwara Managing Committee and the police. Superintendent of the Police ( Rural) Sarabjit Singh Wahia, DSP Phillaur Davinder Singh Attri rushed to the spot.
SP Wahia told this correspondent here today that though the police have registered a case under section 295A of IPC against a Private School Prinicipal Madam Ambika and arrested her on the charges of hurting religious sentiments, but the police are investigating the case in details.
SP wahia said as per preliminary investigations, it was came to the notice that the said accused was running a private School in Village Apra and her husband was doing job in Nawanshahr so She was shifting her house from Village Chhokrran to Banga to facilitate themselves. SP Wahia said that during shifting process, the accused woman might threw waste and old papers including few pages of “Holy Book” Gutka Sahib. SHO Goraya Kewal Singh along with members of Gurdwara Committee today went to Shri Goindwal Sahib with burnt pages to immerse them.
SHO Phillaur Sukha Singh said the accused woman was produced before Judicial Magistrate Phillaur who sent her in police remand for one day for further investigation.