Chandigarh: Two Nihangs clash with swords, one seriously injured
1 year, 8 months ago

Chandigarh: Two Nihangs clash with swords, one seriously injured

Hindustan Times  

A Nihang Sikh suffered serious injuries in a clash with another during the ongoing Qaumi Insaf Morcha, police said. Police said that the incident took place on midnight Saturday after two men landed into a heated argument while they were sitting near a park in Sector 52 The victim has been identified as Chanddi Nihang of Manimajra, Chandigarh. Police said that the incident took place on midnight Saturday after two men landed into a heated argument while they were sitting near a park in Sector 52. Mela Nihang of Punjab cut the wrist of the victim following which he fell on the ground in a blood pool,” said Gabbar Singh, station house officer, Mataur police station.

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Chandigarh: Nihang attacks e-rickshaw driver with sword over smoking
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chandigarh: Nihang attacks e-rickshaw driver with sword over smoking

Hindustan Times  

A nihang, who was serving langar outside the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, allegedly attacked a 20-year-old e-rickshaw driver with a sword for smoking, on Friday afternoon, The incident took place near PGIMER Gate Number 1. The incident took place near PGIMER Gate Number 1. According to police, the nihang, Jitender Singh, was part of a religious …

Four ‘Nihang’ men attack Shiv Sena leader with swords on busy Punjab road
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Four ‘Nihang’ men attack Shiv Sena leader with swords on busy Punjab road

Live Mint  

A Shiv Sena leader was attacked four men brandishing swords on Friday and rushed to the hospital in a serious condition. The incident took place in broad daylight on a busy stretch of road outside the Ludhiana civil hospital in Punjab. Visuals shared online show four nihangs — members of a warrior Sikh sect typically garbed in blue robes and …

YPS Chowk clash: One Nihang sent to police remand
1 year, 8 months ago

YPS Chowk clash: One Nihang sent to police remand

Hindustan Times  

An accused for injuring a Nihang in the clash at YPS Chowk, site of Quami Insaaf Morcha protest, was produced before a court and sent to one-day police custody. Police said that the incident took place following a heated argument between Mela Singh and Babbar Singh. “Incident being blown out of proportion” The QIM coordination committee, led by Gurcharan Singh, …

One hurt as Nihangs clash among each other near Quami Insaaf Morcha protest site in Mohali
1 year, 8 months ago

One hurt as Nihangs clash among each other near Quami Insaaf Morcha protest site in Mohali

Hindustan Times  

A Nihang Sikh, part of the ongoing Quami Insaaf Morcha near YPS Chowk, was grievously injured after he was attacked by fellow Nihangs with swords following an altercation, near a park in Sector 52 on Saturday night. The victim, identified Babbar Singh alias Chanddi Nihang, 29, of Manimajra, has received a deep cut on his left wrist, besides two wounds …

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 …

Explained | Who are the Nihangs?
3 years, 2 months ago

Explained | Who are the Nihangs?

The Hindu  

The Nihangs hit the headlines after a man was found murdered, allegedly for desecration of a Sikh holy book, at the Singhu border in Haryana’s Sonipat on October 15. In April 2020, a group of Nihangs allegedly attacked police officials and cut off the hand of one of the officers at a vegetable market in Punjab’s Patiala during the COVID-19 …

Dressed In Blue, Armed With Swords, Descendants of Guru: Who Are The Nihang Sikh Warriors?
3 years, 2 months ago

Dressed In Blue, Armed With Swords, Descendants of Guru: Who Are The Nihang Sikh Warriors?

News 18  

The killing of Lakhbir Singh, a Dalit labourer, near the farmers’ protest site on Haryana-Delhi Singhu border on Friday by a group of Nihang Sikhs has prompted outrage. A Sikh historian, Dr Balwant Singh Dhillon, however, told Indian Express that the order seems to have its roots from the Sanskrit word ‘nihshank’, which loosely means courageous, unblemished, pure, and carefree. …

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  

Accused Nihang Sarabjit Singh has been detained after the brutal lynching of a Dalit man at a farmers’ protest site in Kundli near the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border by a group of Nihang Sikhs, sources told News18. Sarabjit Singh’s father Kashmir Singh has also been been arrested from Sonipat by Haryana Police, sources told News18. NCSC Calls for Strict Action, BJP …

2 Nihangs attack police with swords in Punjab, both shot dead
3 years, 9 months ago

2 Nihangs attack police with swords in Punjab, both shot dead

India Today  

A clash broke out between police and Nihang Sikhs on Sunday in Punjab's Tarn Taran. Two police officers have been seriously injured in the incident which took place in Sur Singh village of Punjab's Tarn Taran district. The confrontation, according to sources, erupted after police received information that two Nihangs had entered the area after carrying out a murder in …

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