Chandigarh: In Amritsar Golden Temple Shoot And Suicide case The Punjab & Haryana High Court today has taken suo moto cognizance of an alleged incident wherein a man committed suicide by pulling out a gun from the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a sitting judge at Golden Temple.
“There is definitely lapse of security and therefore” said Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal. The High Court is directed the Director General of Police, Punjab, to be appear in Court through video conferencing tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.
According to reports, on Sunday 22 September, a judge was visiting the Golden Temple to pay obeisance, accompanied by their security personnel. While the VIPs went inside the temple, their security personnel remained outside in the corridor.
During this time, the young man managed to grab one of the security personnel’s pistols and shot himself. The injured youth was taken to Shri Guru Nanak Dev Hospital for treatment, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The individual who shot himself was a migrant but his identity is yet to be unknown.