Baba Tarsem Singh was shot lifeless on Thursday on the shrine’s premises by two males on a motorbike
Rudrapur, Uttarakhand:
5 individuals, together with a retired IAS officer, have been booked in reference to the killing of the dera kar seva chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district, police stated right now.
Baba Tarsem Singh was shot lifeless on Thursday on the shrine’s premises by two males on a bike.
These named within the FIR embrace the 2 assailants — Sarabjit Singh and Amarjeet Singh — IAS officer Harbans Singh Chugh who heads the Nanakmatta Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, Baba Anup Singh and Pritam Singh Sandhu, the vice-president of a regional Sikh outfit, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manjunath TC stated.
The FIR was lodged on Friday, he stated.
Sarabjit Singh is a resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab whereas Amarjeet Singh hails from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh. They’ve been booked below Indian Penal Code sections 302 (homicide), 120b (felony conspiracy) and 34 (widespread intention), the police officer stated.
Three others, together with the retired IAS officer, have been named within the FIR because the complainant had raised suspicion about their position, the SSP stated.
The dera kar seva chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara was sitting in a chair when he was shot with a rifle by the shooter who was driving pillion. Baba Tarsem Singh was rushed to a hospital in Khatima the place he died throughout remedy.
The Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara, round 50 km from Rudrapur, is a revered Sikh shrine situated on the Rudrapur-Tanakpur route within the Udham Singh Nagar district of the state.
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