Tense situation outside Gurdwara Nanak Pio Sahib. Delhi Police riot control unit patrolling the area.
New Delhi (KP) – The area around Delhi’s Gurdwara Nanak Pio Sahib was tense for the third day, as Sikh residents continued to assemble there to protest a serious sacrilege initiated by a local landlord on a sacred Saroop of Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Up to 100 Sikhs were arrested by the Police for protesting, but were later released.
Earlier this week, a New Delhi Sikh was attacked by neighbors and the Saroop of Guru Granth Sahib in his house was thrown out in the street after the landlord evicted the Sikh’s family from their second floor apartment in the State Bank Colony near Gurdwara Nanak Pio Sahib.
The Sikh’s apartment had already been emptied due to the eviction but Guru Maharaj’s Saroop had not been moved due to a family emergency. But before this Sikh tenant could bring five Singhs to retrieve the Saroop, the Landlord, Ravi Singal, removed the Saroop from the premises and tossed Guru Sahib in the street. The builder along with nearby neighbors, also physically attacked the Sikh, leaving him battered and bruised.
Scene outside Gurdwara Nanak Pio Sahib
As the local Sangat was informed of this attack, hundreds of Sikhs gathered around the complex, and respectfully removed the Sacred Saroop of Guru Sahib. Along with members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdawara Management Committee, they attempted to pressure the local Police to register a FIR complaint against the landlord and local neighbors. The Police declined to take such action against both.
Hundreds of Sikhs have been assembling at Gurdwara Nanak Pio Sahib around the clock to protest the sacrilege against the Sacred Saroop of Guru Sahib. So far no action has been taken by the local Police against the landlord or the neighbors who had roughed up the Sikh tenant.
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