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INOC,USA condemns desecration of Shri Guru Granth Sahib ji
INOC,USA held a press briefing at the Tandoori Hut at Richmond Hill in New York today and expressed solidarity with the Sikh community everywhere and condemned the actions of the perpetrators of the heinous and cowardly acts of desecrating some of the sacred pages of their Holy Shri
Guru Granth
Sahib ji by tearing and discarding them from the historic Sikh Gurdwara Sahib
in the village of Bargari in the district of Faridkot, Punjab.
President of
“The Police
assault, apparently without a Court
Order, at the innocent and peaceful protesters sitting on the ground in the village of Behbal Kalan amounted to a
provocative and an uncalled for act which also deserves condemnationâ€, said Mr.
Harbachan Singh, Secretary General of INOC,USA. Over 200 persons are also
reported to have been injured in other areas of
Mr. George
Abraham, Chairman of INOC, USA expressed grave concern at this sad and
unfortunate incident and appealed for
calm and good judgement to prevail especially in handling sensitive religious
sentiments such as this.
Mr. Tejinder
Singh Gill, Chapter President of Punjab,Mr. Sawaran Singh, Chapter President of
Haryana and Mr. Jaswinder Singh Nawansher member of the Executive Committee,
all of
Other INOC, USA Officials who had voiced their support included, Mr. Zach Thomas, Vice Chairman, Mr. Jose George, Treasurer,Mr. V.B. Sharma, member Executive Committee, Mr. Juned Qazi former President, Mr. U.A. Naseer of the Kerala Chapter and Dr. Leno Thomas.
In full accord
and sharing the deep grief and sympathy, many prominent members of the New York
Tri-State area Sikhs also expressed their strong feelings of pain and anguish
caused by this wrong deeds. The
following stood out for their pointed remarks – Baboo Joginder Singh Miani, Mr.
Manmohan Singh Pooni, Mr. Tarsem Singh, Mr. Jagjit Singh Dasuya, Mr. Satish
Sharma and Mr. Gurmit Singh. They warned
to remain vigilant lest mischief makers disturb their peaceful coexistence and
tranquility.
About Forty supporters attended the Press Briefing.
Harbachan Singh
Secretary-General
Indian National
Overseas