24 December,2021 02:02 PM IST | Chandigarh (Punjab) | mid-day online correspondent
Charanjit Singh Channi. File Pic/PTI
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday said that no evidence of sacrilege has been found in the Kapurthala case, wherein a man was lynched. Soon after a case of murder was registered against a Gurudwara caretaker as per an NDTV report.
On December 19, an unidentified man was allegedly beaten to death by locals at Nizampur in Punjab's Kapurthala district for allegedly disrespecting the 'Nishan Sahib' at the village Gurudwara. The caretaker of the Gurdwara, Amarjit Singh, has been arrested and charged with murder. Around 100 unnamed people are also listed in the case; 25 to 30 of them were armed, the police said.
The incident took place a day after another man was beaten to death at the Golden Temple in Amritsar over an alleged sacrilege attempt.
Addressing a press conference, Channi said, "In Kapurthala (killing of a man for alleged sacrilege), no evidence that sacrilege was done."
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The police had also said earlier that it appeared to be a case of theft and that there were "no visible signs of a sacrilege attempt."
The postmortem of the unidentified man has revealed an attack with a sharp weapon. "It has been revealed in the postmortem that he was attacked over with a sharp weapon leading to multiple injuries. There are over 30 sharp cut marks on the body including neck, head and hip," executive Senior Medical Officer (SMO) Dr Narinder Singh informed on Thursday.
"There is also a mark of inserting a sharp object into the chest," he added while also saying that the cut mark on the left side of his throat reveals that his breathing tube was cut. "We have taken DNA samples for identification of the body," he added. The last rites of the man were performed by the Municipal Corporation after the postmortem.
Meanwhile, Inspector-General, Jalandhar Range, GS Dhillon had said that as per investigations there was no visible sign of sacrilege and the police is investigating the allegations.
Videos of people beating up the man who allegedly attempted sacrilege have gone viral on the Internet.
(With PTI inputs)
