Setting another example of harmony, Gurbani Kirtan and Namaz were performed simultaneously in Gurdwara ‘Sahib Haa Da Naara’ at Muslim majority town of Malerkotla of Sangrur district in East Punjab.
It is learned that torn pages of Quran Sharif (holy book of Muslims) have been recovered here on Sunday from three different mosques of the city
An explosion took place in a paper mill in Malerkotla at around noon today. As per media reports, the blast which left two persons dead and 21 other injured was caused by some fault in the factory machinery.
Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav was interrogated by the Sangrur police for about five hours at the crime investigation agency (CIA) staff police station in Patiala yesterday about the June 24 beadbi of Quran in Malerkotla.
Booked by the Punjab police in relation to beadbi of Quran in Malerkotla city of Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav met the Punjab Police chief Suresh Arora yesterday along with other party leaders.
Aam Aadmi Party's MLA from Delhi, Naresh Yadav, was booked on Saturday in connection with a case of alleged Quran ‘desecration' in Punjab, reported The Indian Express.
Bringing in yet another twist to the Malerkotla Quran beadbi case, the Punjab Police now maintains that the an Aam Aadmi Party MLA in Delhi had allegedly masterminded the beadbi incident.
As per media reports the a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) link has emerged in the June 24 Quran burning incident in Malerkotla town in Sangrur district of Punjab. The beadbi of Quran had led to strong protests by the Muslim community in Malerkotla and the Sikh organizations had also condemned the incident of beadbi in strong terms.
Punjab police have arrested three persons for committing beadbi of Quran in Malerkotla. The police said that the main accused Vijay Kumar is from Jind in Haryana and his alleged accomplices Nand Kishore Goldy and his son, Gaurav, are from Begowal village in Taragarh area of Pathankot district.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has criticised the government and the police over persistent incidents of beadbi of Gurbani and other sacred texts in the state.
Tension gripped Malerkotla on Saturday after a night of violence triggered by the recovery of torn pages of the Quran outside a cemetery on Khanna Road in the heart of Punjab’s only Muslim-majority town.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has termed the incident of tearing of pages of holy Quran and subsequent tension occurred in Malerkotla township last evening extremely unfortunate.