Chandigarh:

A Dera Sacha Sauda follower, who was an accused in a 2015 sacrilege incident, was shot lifeless on Thursday by 5 unidentified assailants in Punjab’s Faridkot district, police mentioned.

Pardeep Singh was opening his dairy store in Kotkapura when he was shot lifeless and the incident was caught on a CCTV digicam put in close by, they mentioned, including his gunman additionally sustained bullet accidents.

Singh was one of many accused in a case of theft of a ‘bir’ (copy) of the Guru Granth Sahib in 2015 in Faridkot and was presently on bail.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann appealed for peace, and mentioned nobody will likely be allowed to disturb peace within the state.

“Punjab is a peace loving state where mutual brotherhood of people is very strong…No one will be allowed to disturb the peace of Punjab…Strict instructions to the civil and police officials to maintain the peace and tranquillity in the state,” mentioned Mann in a tweet.

Speaking to reporters, Inspector General of Police (Faridkot Range) Pradeep Kumar Yadav mentioned police have gotten some leads and are engaged on them.

He mentioned the assailants will likely be arrested quickly.

Police have been additionally analyzing the CCTV footage of the incident which confirmed that the 5 had come on two bikes.

The sacrilege incidents in Faridkot in 2015 had triggered protests within the district.Two individuals have been killed in Behbal Kalan whereas some individuals have been injured at Kotkapura in Faridkot after police fired at protesters in October 2015.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is serving a 20-year jail time period for raping two girls disciples at his ashram in Sirsa, the place the dera is headquartered. He was convicted by a particular CBI courtroom in Panchkula in August 2017.