Priest arrested over desecration of holy book

A priest was today arrested for allegedly desecrating a holy book of Sikhs in Badesh Kalan village here.

Jasvir Singh, serving as 'granthi' at a gurudwara in Manala village, was arrested and police recovered the holy book, eight pages of which were found torn, they said.

During interrogation, he told police that he committed the offence as he wanted to appoint his son as 'granthi' of a gurudwara in Badesh Kalan.