Punjab CM vows stringent action in sacrilege cases

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today said those involved in the 2015 Bargari firing and other incidents related to religious sacrilege and desecration would face exemplary punishment.
The chief minister also urged the Centre to ask the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to expedite its investigations into the three cases relating to sacrilege/ desecration of Guru Granth Sahib at Bargari village. CBI had taken over the probe in the case in November 2015.
Lashing out at the erstwhile Badal government for recommending an extension in service to SSP Charanjit Singh Sharma, who had ordered firing in Bargari, Amarinder said he had rejected the same and the officer had retired from the force.

He said the officer too would have to face the consequences for his act.
"The fresh Commission of Inquiry under the chairmanship of Justice (Retd) Ranjit Singh to investigate all cases of sacrilege, is probing every such incident, including that in Bargari, and the role of controversial SSP Charanjit Singh Sharma," the CM said.