Pakistani Sikhs on Monday boycotted visits and relations with India until the person who desecrated the holy book is arrested.
A committee headed by Evacuee Trust Property Board Chairman Siddque-ul Farooq and Sardar Sham Singh held a meeting in Lahore’s gurdawara today.
The meeting agreed unanimously to a resolution passed by MPA Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora in the Punjab Assembly. The resolution states that no Pakistani Sikh would visit India until the culprit is arrested.
The participants also showed concern over repulsive treatment of people belonging to minority faiths in India.
Earlier on 12, a holy book, bir was desecrated in Bargari village near Faridkot’s Kotkapura area. The book was reported stolen in June from a gurdwara. Last Sunday, pages of the book were seen torn and thrown in the street.
Following the blasphemous act, clashes between police and Sikhs have claimed at least two lives while nearly 70 are reported injured in Indian Punjab.
‘Khalistan’ movement led by Sikhs is also ongoing in India. Sikhs have demanded separation from India due to tensions in the past while the recent act has fueled the friction.
The Sikh community raised pro-Pakistan slogans in Indian occupied Kashmir on Monday. The community, in Baramulla of northern Kashmir took to the streets and burnt tyres as demonstration of protest against the desecration of the holy book.
