No evidence of sacrilege at Kapurthala Gurdwara: Charanjit Singh Channi
Days after an unidentified man beaten to death by 'angry devotees' after he allegedly attempted to commit sacrilege at Gurdwara in Kapurthala, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday said that there was no evidence that the sacrilege was done.
"In Kapurthala, there was no evidence that sacrilege was done," Charanjit Singh Channi said, adding that "Matter was being probed, and that an FIR would be amended."
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Meanwhile, the postmortem of the unidentified man killed over alleged sacrilege at the village Gurudwara in Kapurthala has revealed an attack with a sharp weapon, the executive Senior Medical Officer (SMO) Dr Narinder Singh informed on Thursday.
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"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," the SMO informed.
"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.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)-Subdivision Surinder Singh, who had arrived for a postmortem on behalf of the district police, said that despite keeping the body for 72 hours and advertisements for identification, no identity of the man could be established.
Meanwhile, the manager of Gurdwara has been arrested.
-PTC News
