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Protest
against religious ceremony of Dera Sacha Sauda sect in Jalandhar Jalandhar:
Members of the Sikh community staged a mass protest against a congregation
of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect here on Sunday. Trouble began when a follower of
Dera Sacha Sauda sect, which combines social work with spirituality, organised
special prayers function for their Dera chief. As the news of this prayer congregation
spread, hundreds of Sikhs from various organisations reached the venue and forcibly
stopped the ceremony. Angry protestors raised slogans and set afire tyres and
effigy of the Dera sect chief. Protestors demanded that the government must stop
the sect and its followers from observing such events. "We demand that the Punjab
government must stop the Dera Saccha Sauda sect and its followers from organising
such events since this may lead to violence," said Sarabjeet Singh, a protestor.
Meanwhile, the police rushed to the spot to avert any untoward incident. "We are
taking precautionary measures to prevent any untoward incident. The situation
is already tense and we are urging to solve the issue through talks," said Sarbjeet
Singh, Station House Officer of a Police Station in Jalandhar. -June
1, 2009 |
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