Sikh hardliners taken into preventive custody
Amritsar: The leaders of some Sikh outfits and hardline groups were taken into preventive custody early today in apprehension of breach of peace after a call that the newly-appointed jathedars would address the community from the Akal Takht. Shiromani Akali Dal President Simranjit Singh Mann and United Akali Dal leader Bhai Mokham Singh, the key organisers of yesterday's 'Sarbat Khalsa' a grand assembly of Sikhs, were taken into preventive custody by the police. Notably, several Sikh outfits and hardline groups yesterday convened what they called 'Sarbat Khalsa' here and appointed Jagtar Singh Hawara, the convict in Beant Singh assassination case, as Jathedar of Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs. The gathering was organised to discuss the ouster of Akal Takht head Gurbachan Singh and other Sikh priests involved in "pardoning" of Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for his alleged blasphemy in 2007, which triggered violence in Punjab and Haryana.
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