JALANDHAR – Sikh activists blocked the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur road at Adampur for 2.5 hours demanding a thorough probe into the recent sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib at Ghariyal village near here.
About 500 protesters began a peaceful gathering at Daroli Road at 9 am, but moved to Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur Road to block the highway at 12.30 pm. The Sikh activists are demanding transparency in the probe with the addition of more members from the area in the five-member committee already constituted for the probe.
They also said that DSP Nirlep Singh should apologise to them for allegedly threatening them with dire consequences during Sunday’s melee.
The administration and the police were vigilant, having appointed the anti-riot squad to check any untoward incident. SP (headquarters) Kulwant Singh Heer, SP (D) HPS Khakh, SDM-1 Rajat Oberoi and other officials were at the spot for various rounds of talks with the protesters.
As the Sikh activists had already announced their dharna for today, DC KK Yadav and SSP Jalandhar Rural Harmohan Singh had held talks with the representatives yesterday and managed to placate them. Today’s dharna came as a shock to them.
SSP Harmohan Singh said, “We have agreed to their demand of including two more members in the probe committee after which lifted the blockade.”
The police did not make the DSP apologise to the protesters.
