Bargari sacrilege case: Three dera men declared proclaimed offenders
A Faridkot court has declared three Haryana residents and Dera Sacha Sauda national committee members— Sandeep Bareta, Pardeep Kaler and Harsh Dhuri — as proclaimed offenders (POs) in the Bargari sacrilege case.
“The police submitted that they received the proclamation of the accused and pasted the copies of notices at different places. The accused did not appear even as the statuary period of 30 days has expired. Therefore, this court declares Harsh Dhuri, Pardeep Kaler and Sandeep Bareta as proclaimed offenders (POs),” said Judicial Magistrate Tarjani in her order.
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Naming the three as conspirators in the Bargari sacrilege and derogatory posters cases, the SIT had filed a challan in the court in July.
The SIT probing the case claims that Bareta, Kler and Dhuri are the key link in Punjab’s five sacrilege incidents that sparked statewide protests in 2015.
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On Monday, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said justice would be done soon in the Bargari sacrilege case.
The Bargari sacrilege case pertains to the 2015 sacrilege incidents at Bargari and Burj Jawahar Singh Wala villages and police firing incidents at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura in Faridkot.
-PTC News
