Gurdwara Chhota Ghallughara chief assaulted

Gurdwara Chhota Ghallughara management chief Johar Singh, who was declared guilty of religious misconduct by the Akal Takht recently, was allegedly assaulted by a dozen people on the premises of the Sikh shrine at Qadian near here, police said today.
He was allegedly beaten by the activists of the Gurdwara Bachao Sangarash Committee last night, they said.
The police said Singh, a former MLA, has lodged a complaint, claiming that he was changing his clothes in a room in the gurudwara when around a dozen people forcibly entered the shrine and started beating him.
On his complaint, the police registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code against the accused.

On October 12, Singh was called by Akal Takht Jathedar Gurbachan Singh to appear before him after a senior functionary of the trust was caught with a woman at the gurdwara on August 11.
Singh claimed he did not consider Gyani Gurbachan Singh as Jathedar Akal Takht as he was removed by the Sarbat Khalsa which appointed Gyani Dhian Singh Mand as Jathedar Akal Takht.
He claimed that he had appeared before Dhian Singh Mand who declared him 'tankhahia' or guilty of religious misconduct on October 12 and asked him to perform 'sewa' or service at Harmandar Sahib, to wash utensils at the community kitchen hall, clean shoes of the 'sangat' and listen to 'kirtan'.

However, Singh asserted that the SGPC task force did not let him perform 'sewa'. Later, Mand advised him to organise 'akhand path' at Gurudwara Chhota Ghallughara and he was about to recite it today morning but was assaulted by the group last night.