Ludhiana man held for smoking at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib

The police on Monday arrested a resident of Ludhiana for allegedly smoking at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.

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Employees of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, who are deployed at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib in Anandpur Sahib, caught hold of the accused, identified as Paramjit Singh, and handed him over to the police.

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Ropar SSP Vivek Sheel Soni, who reached the spot, said the accused belonged to Ludhiana in Punjab. He had been arrested and booked under Section 295-A of the IPC. He has been sent to four-day police remand.

The investigation will be conducted by a high-powered police team in coordination with a five-member committee appointed by the Takht Jathedar.

Meanwhile, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Bibi Jagir Kaur also flayed the incident.

-PTC News with inputs from Baljeet Channa