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Cheema (Punjab), June 14: Fresh clashes between Sikhs and followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect erupted in Punjab’s Sangrur District on Wednesday evening.The clashes started at a busy marketplace in Cheema village of Sangrur District after a Sikh boy was beaten up by alleged followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect.
Gurjant Singh, the victim, said that he was dragged out and manhandled by the supporters of the sect.
“The members of the Dera sect took me out of the bus and attacked me with swords and daggers,” he said.
Pritpal Singh Chind, Deputy Superintendent of Police said: “Whatever has happened was not right. We have arrested the culprits and stringent action will be taken against them.”
Clashes between Sikhs and the sect erupted on May 14, a day after an advertisement appeared in local newspapers, showing sect leader Baba Gurmit Ram Raheem dressed up in clothes similar to that worn by Guru Gobind Singh.
The Sikhs took offense and termed it as ‘blasphemous’. Skirmishes between rival groups flared into mob violence when the Akal Takht — the top body of Sikh clergies –urged the community to boycott the sect.
The sect leader denied any wrongdoing and tendered an apology on May 27, saying he had absolutely no intention to imitate or replicate the Sikh guru. The Sikh clergy however, rejected the apology.
The sect says it is a social organization that believes in the oneness of god and does not adhere to a particular faith, though its leader wears a turban and has a long beard in the Sikh style.
With thanks from DailyIndia.