IAS officer, 4 others booked for murder of gurdwara official

Five people, including a retired IAS officer, have been booked in connection with the killing of the dera kar seva chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district, police said on Saturday.

Baba Tarsem Singh was shot dead on Thursday on the shrine’s premises by two men on a motorcycle.

Those named in the FIR include the two assailants, Sarabjit Singh and Amarjeet Singh; IAS officer Harbans Singh Chugh, who heads the Nanakmatta Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee; Baba Anup Singh; and Pritam Singh Sandhu, the vicepresident of a regional Sikh outfit, said Senior Superintendent of Police Manjunath T.C.

Of the accused, Sarabjit Singh is a resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab, while Amarjeet Singh hails from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh. They have been booked under sections 302 (murder), 120b (criminal con

The dera kar seva chief was shot dead in Uttarakhand by two assailants on Thursday morning

spiracy) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, the police officer said.

Retired officer named

Three others, including the retired IAS officer, have been named in the FIR as the complainant had raised suspicion about their role, the SSP said.

The dera kar seva chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara was sitting in a chair when he was shot with a rifle by the shooter, who was riding pillion.

The victim was rushed to a hospital in Khatim, where he died during treatment.

The Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara, around 50 km from Rudrapur, is a revered Sikh shrine located on the RudrapurTanakpur route in the Udham Singh Nagar district of the State.