Pakistan’s Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has reportedly put locks on Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh, located in Lahore, for worship. The fundamentalist group has claimed that the Gurdwara is a mosque.
The Pakistan government intervened amid tension and sealed the premises which house a Gurdwara as well as a mazar to avert any unfortunate incident.
It is pertinent to mention here that ETPB and the PSGPC officials held a joint meeting on Wednesday with regards to the development of Gurdwaras in Pakistan.
The bhog of the akhand path would take place on Friday (July 16) at Gurdwara Shahid Ganj Singh Singhania and the local Sikh population will gather in the Gurdwara to observe the death anniversary of Bhai Taru Singh, sources said.
According to sources, the bhog of the akhand path would take place on Friday at Gurdwara Shahid Ganj Singh Singhania and the local Sikh population will gather in the Gurdwara to observe the death anniversary of Bhai Taru Singh.
Bhai Taru Singh, a young farmer who hailed from Poolha village near Amritsar was known for providing help to the Sikh soldiers during the regime of Punjab governor Zakariya Khan who tortured him to death. According to history, Bhai Taru Singh said that his hair was inseparable from his scalp following which Khan ordered a cobbler to cut the scalp of Bhai Taru Singh.
Sources informed that there existed a 5 kanal plot near the Gurdwara which the Dawat-e-Islami (Barelvi) group intend to grab and was being opposed by the Sikhs of Pakistan. Sources further informed that a few local Muslims including Suhel Bhatt Attari and Raja Bhatt had publicly announced that the land belongs to Pir Kaku Shah mazar and also used objectionable words against the Sikh religion.
