Kapurthala (Punjab): Day after the attempted sacrilege at the Golden Temple, another man was lynched in Punjab over a similar incident.
The incident took place in Nizampur village of Kapurthala district where a man allegedly committed the sacrilege of Nishan Sahib.
A viral video showed locals thrashing the man.
While police reached to the spot, the locals refused to hand him over. The man was eventually killed by the Sikh groups.
The slain has not been identified so far.
In a press briefing, Kapurthala SSP Harkamalpreet Singh said the lynched person had entered the Gurudwara of Kapurthala at around 4 am on Sunday.
"Amarjit Singh who manages the Gurudwara said he saw the man at 4 am when he woke up for the morning prayers. The man tried to run away but was nabbed by the Gurudwara workers," the SSP said.
Soon after, the SSP and other police officials reached the spot to try and convince the enraged people to handover the man who, according to them, had attempted the sacrilege, though police believes he may have had entered the premises with the intention of theft.
There was heavy deployment of police outside the room in which the man was kept, however, the Sikh activists managed to break in and beat the man.
He was sent to the hospital in critical condition where he succumbed.
Sandeep Dhawan, Senior Medical Officer Kapurthala confirmed the death.
DGP Punjab police said he had taken "serious note of the unfortunate incidents in Amritsar and Kapurthala".
"Any attempt to violate the communal harmony in the state will be dealt with a firm hand. Stern action will be taken against all those disturbing the law and order in Punjab," the DGP tweeted from his official handle.
Meanwhile, police have filed a case in the attempted sacrilege incident at the Golden Temple.
Angry devotees lynched a youth on Saturday after he attempted to jump into the reserved area where the Holy Guru Granth Sahib is kept.
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An FIR has been registered under Section 295A, 307 IPC against the unidentified person.
Punjab CM, Charanjit Singh Channi visited the Golden Temple on Sunday. The state government has constituted SIT to probe the incident.
At around 6 pm on Saturday, the man tried to make an attempt of sacrilege at the Golden Temple, which was immediately stopped by the Shiromani Samiti employees on the spot. The young man had crossed the railing and reached near the Guru Granth Sahib. The incident happened when the evening recitation was going on. Enraged by the act, the angry devotees beat the youth to death.
