Sacrilege-accused Dera man murdered in Punjab

Canada-Based Don Goldy Brar Claims Responsibility

- Neel Kamal

Kotkapura: Five men on motorbikes killed a Dera Sacha Sauda follower, who was facing sacrilege cases, in his shop at Kotkapura in Faridkot district of Punjab on Thursday morning and injured his gunman and neighbour. Pardeep Singh 45) was an accused in a case of theft of a bir’ copy) of the Guru Granth Sahib from Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village in June 2015 and also in a case linked to torn pages of the Sikh holy book being found scattered at Bargari in Faridkot in October 2015. Pardeep was out on bail and had three security guards assigned to him.

So far, seven Dera followers have been killed following a slew of sacrilege cases in Punjab, in the last seven years. Two of the seven were killed in the canteen of aDera branch itself. In most of these cases, assailants on motorcycles committed the crimes.