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| Soft edict' against Dera provokes |
| Activists of Sikh organisations brandish swords during a protest against the Dera Sacha Sauda, in Amritsar
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| INDIA
, 18-May-2007
1:47:35 AM |
| Angry Sikh protesters overran a campus of the Dera Sacha Sauda at Ram Nagar village near Maur Mandi in Bathinda district and damaged another in Mansa district.
Dera chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had presided over a congregation of the sect, which Sikh organisations have described as sacrilege against Guru Gobind Singh and the rituals related to baptism. The group, armed with firearms, swords and iron rods, ransacked the campus and set fire to parked vehicles. At least a dozen ``Premis'' (followers of the dera) suffered injuries and were hospitalised. Three policemen, part of a posse that was hopelessly outnumbered, were also injured.
The group led by the chief of the Damdami Taksal, Harnam Singh Dhuma, and a former militant, Daljit Singh Bittu had attended a congregation convened by the apex Singh Sahibs on the issue in Talwandi Sabo, but resented what it described as its ``soft'' decision.
The violence occurred when it was proceeding towards Salabatpura, where the Dera chief presided over the congregation, in a cavalcade of cars, trucks and tractor-trailers. The group had sworn to destroy the Dera's set up there.
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