FIR on missing saroops: Top clergy asks AAP govt to stop meddling in internal matters of Sikhs
Amritsar, Days after Punjab Police registered an FIR regarding the 328 missing ‘saroops’ of Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh clergy on Sunday asked the Aam Aadmi Party government to stop meddling in their internal matter or face action according to ‘Panthic’ traditions. FIR on missing saroops: Top clergy asks AAP govt to stop meddling in internal matters of Sikhs The five Singh Sahiban, or the heads of five Sikh temporal seats, asserted that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee is the democratically elected Panthic organisation of Sikhs, and according to the Constitution of India, no government can directly or indirectly interfere in the internal affairs of any religion. The Singh Sahiban held a key meeting at the Secretariat of Sri Akal Takht Sahib to deliberate on matters, including the missing sacred saroops, making of films on Sikh subjects, and conducting Anand Karaj at non-gurdwara venues. Amritsar Police on December 7 registered a case against 16 people, including a former SGPC chief secretary, in connection with the disappearance of the saroops in 2020. The SGPC had earlier …


