Baba Tarsem Singh was shot dead by two men on a bicycle on the shrine premises on Thursday
Rudrapur, Uttarakhand:
Five people, including a retired IAS officer, have been arrested in connection with the murder of the dera kar seva chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand, police said today.
Baba Tarsem Singh was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle on the shrine premises on Thursday.
Those named in the FIR include the two attackers – Sarabjit Singh and Amarjeet Singh – IAS officer Harbans Singh Chugh who heads the Nanakmatta Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, Baba Anup Singh and Pritam Singh Sandhu, the vice president of a regional Sikh group, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manjunath TC said.
The FIR was filed on Friday, he said.
Sarabjit Singh is a native of Tarn Taran in Punjab while Amarjeet Singh hails from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh. They have been booked under sections 302 (murder), 120b (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, the police officer said.
Three others, including the retired IAS officer, have been named in the FIR as the complainant had raised suspicion about their role, the SSP said.
The dera kar seva head of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara was sitting in a chair when he was shot with a rifle by the gunman sitting in the back. Baba Tarsem Singh was rushed to a hospital in Khatima where he died during treatment.
The Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara, about 50 km from Rudrapur, is a revered Sikh shrine located on the Rudrapur-Tanakpur route in the Udham Singh Nagar district of the state.
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