Amritsar:At least eight people were injured in a clash between task force volunteers of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and radical Sikh activists on Friday during the 30th anniversary of the army’s Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Report claims that trouble started after members of the Shiromani Akali Dal-controlled Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) protested Shriomani Akali Dal (Amritsar) leader Simranjit Singh Mann’s attempt to give a speech from Rostrum of the Akal Takht.
One of Mann’s supporters tried to snatch the microphone from Jathedar of Akal Thakt, Giani Gurbachan Singh, in protest.
This infuriated members of SGPC-run Golden Temple Task Force and they swung into action to take on Mann’s supporters.
Soon it was a free for all, with both sides reacting violently with swords and kirpans.
Bureau Report
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