Ex-Damdama Sahib jathedar receives ‘death threat’ via letter
AMRITSAR: The former Takht Sri Damdama Sahib jathedar Giani Gurmukh Singh claimed to have received a letter threatening to kill him on Monday.
Gurmukh Singh said that the letter has been allegedly sent from an unknown follower of Sirsa based Dera Sacha Sauda. Gurmukh Singh was removed as head, from one of the five temporal seats of Sikhism, by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in April.
He said that he was informed by his family members about a bag hung on his house’s gate at Arif ke village of Ferozpur district on Monday morning.
“The bag had two pages addressed to me. My family sent its clipping to me on Whatsapp,” he said. Showing the letter, hand-written in Punjabi with no name and signature, he said, “An unknown dera premi has threatened and used objectionable language against me.”
He said, “I informed Punjab DGP Suresh Arora and lodged a complaint to the police commissioner Amritsar. After going through the letter, both the officers called me and assured that they are with me.”
The former jathedar said he will not seek any security in the wake of the threat. “Entire community and the SGPC stands with me, then why will I demand the security”.
“It is not a personal threat, whosoever has sent the letter has challenged the entire Panth,” he opined about the letter, the writer of which objected his move to ‘restrain’ Naam Charchas (congregation of dera Sirsa) and to face consequences for it.
He made it clear that they restrained the Naam Charchas as per Akal Takht’s hukamnama. “If they have any objection.I don’t bother as we did everything as per maryada”, he said.
The letter also reads, “We do all things by making prior announcements like we did Bargari sacrilege.” Reacting on this, Gurmukh Singh said, “Responsibility of committing Bargari sacrilege incident has been taken up openly and it is up to the administration to act accordingly.”
SAYS HE HAS INFORMED PUNJAB DGP SURESH ARORA AND LODGED A COMPLAINT WITH THE AMRITSAR POLICE COMMISSIONER