Sacrilege case: Bail plea of 2 dera men rejected

Faridkot, June 21

The Court of Duty Magistrate, Faridkot, on Monday dismissed the bail plea of two dera followers in the sacrilege case.

Accused Pardeep Singh and Nishan Singh, who were arrested by the new special investigation team (SIT) last month, approached the court, claiming their judicial custody was serving no purpose of the SIT as it had failed to trace any new evidence against them in the case in the past month.

Both Pardeep Singh and Nishan Singh are accused in a case of October 12, 2015, in which some ‘angs’ (pages) of the holy Guru Granth Sahib were found strewn near a gurdwara at Bargari. Some people are stated to have collected those torn pages which they had taken in a procession to Kotkapura, where they had sat on a dharna later. During these protests, the police allegedly resorted to firing.

Last month, the new SIT had arrested six dera followers, including Nishan Singh and Pardeep Singh. — TNS