3 SGPC employees among 6 arrested

: Three employees of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) are among six people arrested for hurting religious feelings after they were found in an objectionable position with a woman at a serai room in Takht Damdama Sahib in Talwandi Sabo on Friday night.

The accused are Dharminder Singh from Kube in Sangrur, Kuldeep Singh from Talwandi Sabo — both working with the security department in Takht Damdama Sahib; Pal Singh from Budhlada in Mansa employed as helper and Pargat Singh who does ‘Kar Sewa’ with a dera. All four were held in the room with a woman from Bathinda.

The sixth accused, Dharampal Singh, alias Happy, of Bhagu road in Bathinda, was arrested later. The accused were held in room number 312 of Guru Teg Bahadur Niwas Sarai in the Takht premises during a routine check on Friday night. A case under Section 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion) of the IPC has been registered against the accused on a complaint from Gurdeep Singh, assistant manager of Takht Damdama Sahib.