Punjab: Nihang Sikh murders sacrilege suspect at Phagwara gurdwara
11 months, 1 week ago

Punjab: Nihang Sikh murders sacrilege suspect at Phagwara gurdwara

Hindustan Times  

A Nihang Sikh, Ramandeep Singh, murdered an unidentified youngster at Gurdwara Chaura Khooh in Phagwara early on Tuesday on the suspicion that he had committed a sacrilege, police said. Police at Gurdwara Chaura Khooh in Phagwara, where a Nihang Sikh murdered a youngster early on Tuesday. Deputy inspector general of police S Bhoopati and Kapurthala senior superintendent of police Vatsala Gupta reached the gurdwara, where members of Sikh organisations gathered in support of Ramandeep Singh. Police said they did not have footage of the victim approaching the sanctum sanctorum of the gurdwara and that the Nihang admitted to have acted on the basis of suspicion.

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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11 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Punjab: Nihang kills ‘sacrilege suspect’ at Phagwara gurdwara
11 months ago

Punjab: Nihang kills ‘sacrilege suspect’ at Phagwara gurdwara

Hindustan Times  

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11 months, 1 week ago

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News 18  

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Al Jazeera  

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Live Mint  

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News 18  

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3 years ago

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The Quint  

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3 years ago

One more lynched in Punjab over ‘sacrilege’

The Hindu  

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3 years ago

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India Today  

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Singhu border killing: Victim Lakhbir was taken to protest site by accused Nihang himself, says report
3 years, 2 months ago

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Op India  

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Who are the Nihang Sikhs? The ultra religious Indian group accused of lynching labourer
3 years, 2 months ago

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The Independent  

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Watch: Nihang Sikh breaks leg of poultry farm worker for not giving chicken
3 years, 2 months ago

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Op India  

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Dalit Lakhbir Singh cremated without Sikh priest, SC body raises objection
3 years, 2 months ago

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Op India  

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'22 Wounds, Excessive Bleeding': Autopsy Report of Singhu Lynching Victim Reveals Gruesome Details
3 years, 2 months ago

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News 18  

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Two more Nihang Sikhs arrested in Singhu border lynching case
3 years, 2 months ago

Two more Nihang Sikhs arrested in Singhu border lynching case

Op India  

Two more Nihang Sikhs have been arrested in connection with the brutal lynching of a man at the farmer protest site at Singhu border. According to reports, the two men Bhagwant Singh and Govind Singh were arrested after they surrendered before the Haryana police at the Singhu-Kundli border. Two more Nihang Singhs named Gobind Singh and Bhagwant Singh surrender themselves …

After Lakhbir Singh lynching, another man recalls assault by Nihang Sikhs
3 years, 2 months ago

After Lakhbir Singh lynching, another man recalls assault by Nihang Sikhs

Op India  

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Singhu Border Lynching Case: Two More Nihangs Surrender Before Police; 4 Arrested So Far
3 years, 2 months ago

Singhu Border Lynching Case: Two More Nihangs Surrender Before Police; 4 Arrested So Far

News 18  

Two more Nihang Sikh members were arrested by Haryana Police on Saturday in connection with the brutal murder of Dalit Sikh Lakhbir Singh making the total number of arrests in the case four. Hours later, SSP Amritsar Rural Rakesh Kaushal said one more accused named Nihang Narayan Singh, who claims to be one among others who lynched Lakhbir Singh, was …

Member of Nihang Sikhs Surrenders Before Police In Singhu Lynching Case, Detained
3 years, 2 months ago

Member of Nihang Sikhs Surrenders Before Police In Singhu Lynching Case, Detained

News 18  

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Kundli border: Farmer protest site turns murder scene, Nihang Sikhs chop of man's hand, hang body
3 years, 2 months ago

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Op India  

A man was found brutally murdered with his right hand chopped and hung to a barricade at the Kundli border farmers’ protest site just outside of New Delhi on Friday morning. As per The New Indian, an unidentified man was hacked to death by Nihang Sikhs on Thursday night for allegedly desecrating the holy book Guru Granth Sahib. FLASH: An …

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