Here are the two different news from two different sources. The later is a brief news but this news has some details about the clash but the headline of this news is a bit misguiding. So the question is still the same, Are we extremists?
Cheema Mandi (Sunam), June 13: It remained a highly volatile day in Cheema Mandi village, few kms from Sunam, as a mob of Sikhs went on a rampage after a scuffle between two dera followers and a Sikh, who was injured.Heavy police force and a platoon of BSF had to be deployed in the village, as the mob of Sikhs set ablaze two kiosks of dera followers and a motorcycle. They also damaged few other kiosks before the BSF and a posse of Punjab Police reached to control the situation.
Even as Dera Sacha Sauda and the Akal Takht are no more fanning the controversial issue, on ground level, skirmishes between dera followers and Sikhs are becoming order of the day. As per information collected by The Indian Express, a dispute started between a Sikh, Gurjant Singh, and two dera followers, Piara Singh and Bikar Singh, today around 9 am in Cheema Mandi village.Gurjant, who sustained injuries, alleged that his beard was also pulled by the duo. Piara, it was learnt, had returned to Sikhism a few days back in a baptising ceremony held in the village gurdwara.
Piara was given a siropa during the ceremony. When Gurjant visited his shop in the morning, Piara and Bikar were talking about some dera satsang, it was learnt. On this, Gurjant asked Piara to justify the rationale of accepting the siropa if he was still interested in dera satsang. To this, Piara, a hair dresser, alleged that he had taken the siropa only to use it as a cloth to clean the shop mirrors and scissors.
This triggered the scuffle, in which Gurjant was injured and rushed to Sunam Civil Hospital.
As per information, Sikhs started to converge on the village, saying that dera followers had injured a Sikh and pulled his beard. At 11 am, Sikhs from villages Tolewala, Jharon and Teerokalan armed with lathis, swords and sharp-edged weapons started to head towards the house of Piara Singh, where he and some other followers had taken shelter.
Acting swiftly, a police party managed to save the dera followers. The agitating mob then put on fire the kiosks and a motorbike. SP (Headquarters) Dharam Singh claimed Piara and Bikar were arrested on the complaint of Gurjant after registering of a case and 10 other dera followers and eight Sikhs were also rounded up for disrupting peace law and order.
Later in the day, BSF held flag marches in the village amidst a heavy security that was deployed around the house of Piara Singh.
With Thanks from Chandigarh Newsline.