Man lynched to death by enraged Sikh Pilgrims over allegations of ‘Blasphemy’ in the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday evening.
A man was lynched to death by Sikh pilgrims at the Golden Temple over accusations that he committed ‘blasphemy’ by stepping inside the central enclosure of the sanctum sanctorum where the Guru Granth Sahib (the Sikhs Holy Book) is placed.
— Kamaldeep Singh ਬਰਾੜ (@kamalsinghbrar) December 18, 2021
Person taken in custody for alleged attempt of sacrilege at Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) is dead. He was taken into custody by @SGPC staff. He was first taken to SGPC headquarters. Later his dead body was placed outside SGPC office main gate.@iepunjab @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/7tyMm7vc2T
— Kamaldeep Singh ਬਰਾੜ (@kamalsinghbrar) December 18, 2021
maybe it was a premeditated event
pic.twitter.com/aKswXgArWQ— Vinit Chaudhary (@thevinitkumar) December 18, 2021
The man was deemed to have committed an act of ‘sacrilege’ after he allegedly picked up a diamond-encrusted sword placed inside the central enclosure of the Golden Temple sanctum sanctorum
People Are Alleging that Before Elections, The Sacrilege Act Was Set Up to Polarize Votes
Before any election, people are getting more suspicious of the government trying to polarize voters, and where Hindus are a majority, Muslims are depicted as being dangerous, or just before the Punjab elections, the act of sacrilege was done in the Golden Temple predictably sparking outrage leading to the lynching of the man which would, in turn, send out the message, Sikhs are dangerous. People are expressing that the act was premeditated to communalize the tragedy by using the phrase “Hindu Khatre main hai” and garner votes accordingly feeding on the fear of Hindus. An investigation would need to be set up to find out the exact circumstances leading to this unfortunate incident.