The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) on Tuesday assured free legal aid to Nirmaljit Singh Saini, who shot dead a woman found consuming alcohol inside a gurdwara complex in Patiala earlier this week. The SGPC and the authorities of Dukhniwaran Sahib Gurdwara have also honoured the parents of the accused.
In a communique, Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of SGPC, said that the religious sentiments of devotees were deeply connected with the Gurdwara Sahibs and the violation of rules and traditions would not be tolerated.
“When Nirmaljit got to know that the woman was drinking near the holy pond, he couldn’t hold his anger back and shot the woman with his licensed revolver out of anger. It was an impulse action as the act deeply hurt his religious sentiments,” Mr. Dhami argued.
