Jammu Sikhs protest against derogatory video clip

Sikh community members on Thursday staged a protest here and demanded action against persons involved in recording a derogatory video clip on some Sikh gurus that has gone viral.

Sikh religious leaders and community members demanded action against those responsible for spreading the derogatory video clip on social media.

Police have registered an FIR (First Information Report) in the case and assured action against those responsible for the mischief.

Meanwhile, intelligence sources said it was being investigated whether the video clip was intended to stoke passions among the Sikh community at a time when the verdict would be delivered on Friday in the case against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the founder of Dera Sacha Sauda sect.

The sect chief, who has lakhs of followers in Punjab, Haryana, and other states, has been accused by a former female follower of raping her more than once inside the sprawling Dera campus on the outskirts of Sirsa town in Haryana, 260 km from Chandigarh.

The Special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Panchkula in Haryana has asked the sect chief to appear in court on the day when it pronounces its verdict. The hearing in the case has been going on since 2007.

The Dera Sacha Sauda founder has little following among the Sikh community in Jammu and Kashmir.

--IANS

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