Holy book desecration: Victims to be cremated today

The two persons who were killed in the clash between Sikh protesters and police over alleged desecration of their holy book, will be cremated today in their respective villages in Punjab.
The post-mortem of Gurjit Singh (26) and Krishan Singh (43) was conducted at Guru Gobind Singh Medical college here today, police said, adding that they will be cremated by the evening.
Gurjit and Krishan were killed during clashes between protesters and police that took place in Behbal Kalan village on Wednesday over alleged desecration of a holy book.
The bodies will be cremated later this evening at their respective villages because their relatives have just arrived from abroad, police said, adding that Gurjit will be cremated at Sarawan village while Krishan's cremation will be held at Niami Wala village in the district.

Families of the deceased have sought stringent action against the guilty.
"I will fight for justice till my last breath," Gurjit's 80-year-old grandfather Pritam Singh said.

Krishan's father Mohinder Singh said that his son was supposed to go to UK.
Heavy police force has been deployed at both the villages and sensitive areas of Faridkot district to maintain law and order.
Locals had erupted into protest after torn pages of the Sikh holy book were found at Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village of Faridkot on June 1. It was claimed that the holy book was stolen from a gurdwara.