Appealing the family members of 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing victims and Sikh organisations to lift the blockade of Bathinda-Amritsar national highway over alleged failure of Punjab government to deliver justice in sacrilege and police incidents, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said the state government is fully committed to ensure justice in Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura incidents.
In an appeal, the CM said the firing incidents at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura along with sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib at Bargari had bruised the psyche of every human being, especially the Sikh sangat.
He said that justice will prevail in both these incidents and the perpetrators of these heinous crimes will not be spared at any cost.
Chief Minister Mann said that the state government is already leaving no stone unturned for this noble cause and those involved in these crimes will be soon behind the bars.
The CM said that due to road blockage at Behbal Kalan a lot of inconvenience is being created to the common people. He said this harassment of the masses should be avoided adding he appealed to sangat to lift the roadblock in larger public interest.
Lashing out at Akalis and Congress, Mann said that both these parties have connived with each other to save the guilty of these incidents. He said while the unfortunate incidents of desecration and firing on innocents took place during the Akali regime, the Congress actively shielded the perpetrators of these crimes during its tenure.
The CM said the Akali-Congress nexus that was shielding the accused had been broken with the Aam Aadmi Party government coming into power, which is already making strenuous efforts to nab the perpetrators.
Mann said his government is firmly committed to bring the guilty to book and ensure justice in both these cases to assuage the sentiments of the people.
Police had opened fire at people protesting at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura against the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in Faridkot’s Bargari village. Two Sikh protesters — Gurjeet Singh of Sarawan village and Krishan Bhagwan Singh of Niamiwala village in Faridkot district— were killed in the firing at Behbal Kalan in October 2015.
Throwing normal life out of gear, since 5 February the family members of 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing victims and Sikh organisations have blocked the Bathinda-Amritsar national highway against the alleged tardy pace of investigation and delay in court proceedings in the sacrilege and police firing cases.
