Golden Temple 'sacrilege': SIT report in 2 days

CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Sunday constituted a special investigation team (SIT) headed by the Amritsar DCP to probe a possible conspiracy behind the alleged act of sacrilege that led to a still unidentified young man being lynched within the precincts of the Golden Temple during evening prayers the previous day.
Prodded into action by outrage among Sikhs over shrine's sanctum sanctorum being breached, the state government decided to write to the Centre to amend Section 295-A of the IPC and incorporate stricter punishment for acts tantamount to "deliberate and malicious intention to outrage religious sentiments". The deputy CM said Punjab assembly had passed a resolution in 2018 calling for an amendment to the law, but the Centre was still to act on it.
DCP (law and order) Parminder Singh Bhandal's brief is to conduct the probe jointly with the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and submit a report within two days.