Pakistan court sentences 3 to two years imprisonment for vandalising Gurdwara Nankana Sahib Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 06:38 IST
Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Janam Asthan, is the birthplace of Guru Nanak, the first Guru of Sikhs. Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan.
Lahore: A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court on Tuesday handed down up to two years imprisonment to three men for vandalising Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in the country s Punjab province.
Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Janam Asthan, is a site near Lahore where the first Guru of Sikhs, Guru Nanak, was born.
In January 2020, a violent mob attacked the Gurdwara and pelted stones in the name of religion and threatened to destroy the minorities worship place (Gurdwara Janamasthan) to build ‘Ghulaman-e-Mustafa’ shrine there.
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Highlights
The extremists hit the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh with wooden rods, broke one of its arms and damaged other parts.
The attackers reiterated that it was against their religion to construct a statue in a Muslim country.
A group of Islamic extremists in Pakistan vandalised the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, erected at the Lahore Fort (Shahi Qila), at the Mai Jindan’s Haveli on December 12 (Saturday). The fort is an important historical monument for Sikhs and is located near Gurdwara Dera Sahib related to Guru Arjan Dev Ji.
The extremists entered inside the Qila with wooden rods, went straight to the statue, and started hitting it aggressively breaking one of its arms and damaging other parts.