Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 21

Tension gripped the city after Hindu holy books were found ‘dumped’ under a tree outside Mini Secretariat here on Tuesday.

The offices of the Police Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner are also situated in Mini Secretariat.

Hindu leaders Rajiv Tandon and Amit Arora informed the police about the recovery of the holy books, including Bhagavad Gita.

The ACP, Civil Lines, Harish Behl, along with police force reached the spot and started a probe.

Punjab Shiv Sena leader Rajiv Tandon said it seemed that someone intentionally threw the holy books under the tree to hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus.

“Earlier bovine parts were recovered from Jeevan Nagar and the police have failed to nab the culprits behind the incident. We also held a protest and met the Police Commissioner but the police probe is yet to see any result,” added Tandon.

Tandon said the Punjab Government and Punjab Police are not serious in solving the cases related to cow slaughtering and desecration of Hindu holy books. When desecration of any other religious books had taken place in the past, the Punjab Police took extra initiative in solving those cases.

Hindu leaders said some miscreants dumped the holy books outside the buildings where DC and CP sit and this way they had openly challenged the police.

ACP Behl said the police would check the CCTV cameras to get clue about the persons who threw holy books under the tree. “The police will probe the matter seriously and culprits will not be spared,” added the ACP.