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Islamabad, May 5
The Sikh community has alleged that meat was cooked at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hassanabdal and accused the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), custodian of Sikh shrines in Pakistan, of trying to dump the issue rather than taking steps against those responsible for the sacrilege.
"We demand that an FIR be lodged and the culprits who cooked meat in our gurdwara penalised," community leader Sardar Bishan Singh told The Express Tribune.
"The caretaker, along with the Muslim staff, cooked meat at Gurdwara Panja Sahib on Sunday," said a member of the Gurdwara Panja Sahib Sewadar Society, Pritam Singh. "It is unfortunate for the Sikhs that custodians of their religious places, who are Muslims, have violated their faith," said Bishan Singh.
Pritam Singh alleged that he had caught a staff member red-handed with meat in the gurdwara kitchen. "When I complained to the caretaker of the gurdwara, Memrooz Khan, he rebuffed my plea," he said.
The board's additional secretary and deputy administrator then conducted an inquiry and transferred the gurdwara staff. "We demanded that all employees involved in the act should be suspended, but the board refused to do so," Rajan Singh said.
Bishan Singh said anyone who desecrated a religious place should be
tried under Section 295 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The board's deputy Administrator Faraz Abbas told The Express Tribune that he was not sure whether anyone had cooked meat at the gurdwara, but on complaints by the community, the entire staff had been transferred.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110506/punjab.htm#7
The Sikh community has alleged that meat was cooked at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hassanabdal and accused the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), custodian of Sikh shrines in Pakistan, of trying to dump the issue rather than taking steps against those responsible for the sacrilege.
"We demand that an FIR be lodged and the culprits who cooked meat in our gurdwara penalised," community leader Sardar Bishan Singh told The Express Tribune.
"The caretaker, along with the Muslim staff, cooked meat at Gurdwara Panja Sahib on Sunday," said a member of the Gurdwara Panja Sahib Sewadar Society, Pritam Singh. "It is unfortunate for the Sikhs that custodians of their religious places, who are Muslims, have violated their faith," said Bishan Singh.
Pritam Singh alleged that he had caught a staff member red-handed with meat in the gurdwara kitchen. "When I complained to the caretaker of the gurdwara, Memrooz Khan, he rebuffed my plea," he said.
The board's additional secretary and deputy administrator then conducted an inquiry and transferred the gurdwara staff. "We demanded that all employees involved in the act should be suspended, but the board refused to do so," Rajan Singh said.
Bishan Singh said anyone who desecrated a religious place should be
tried under Section 295 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The board's deputy Administrator Faraz Abbas told The Express Tribune that he was not sure whether anyone had cooked meat at the gurdwara, but on complaints by the community, the entire staff had been transferred.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110506/punjab.htm#7