Amritsar: A Sikh ticket checker serving in Mumbai Railways was attacked by some people. Not only this, his video was also made viral on social media. After this, the protest against the hate campaign going on against Sikhs in the country started in Punjab. Akali Dal leaders have expressed anger over this, while the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has also protested.
SGPC President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has strongly condemned the incident of an attack on Sikh ticket checker Jasbir Singh during railway service duty in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He said that the video of this incident is very sad, which clearly shows that some passengers attacked Jasbir Singh when he was performing his duty. This is highly condemnable. The video of this incident is very sad, it clearly shows that some passengers attacked Jasbir Singh when he was performing his duty.
He also asked the Mumbai Government Railway Police to take strict action against the culprits in this case. He said that even though the culprits were caught on the spot by the Government Railway Police. But the Maharashtra government and the Railway Ministry should ensure that the culprits get strict punishment. It is the government’s responsibility to ensure that such an incident does not happen with any Sikh officer in the future.
Advocate Dhami said that information about this incident was received from the people of the local community of Mumbai. According to this, the accused train passengers were travelling without tickets. When Jasbir Singh, while performing his duty, asked them to pay the fine, he was beaten up and his shirt was torn.