Gurdaspur , April 06, 2012
Over 2,000 personnel of Punjab Police and
para-military BSF and CRPF have been deployed in Gurdaspur to prevent any
untoward incident during the 'bhog' ceremony of Jaspal Singh (18), who was
killed in police firing during a bandh in the town on March 29, at Chor Sidhwan
village, 7km from here on Saturday.
Gurdaspur SSP Surinder Kumar
Kalia maintained on Friday that police would not prevent the people from
attending the religious ceremony but would not allow anyone to disturb peace.
Security had been beefed up at
all chowks and entry points in Gurdaspur town and police would do its best to
instill a sense of security among the locals, the SSP said and claimed that
there was no call from any organisation to observe a 'bandh' in Gurdaspur on
April 7.
Meanwhile, most private schools
of Gurdaspur have already announced a holiday for students and staff on
Saturday as a precautionary measure. Many local shopkeepers too would prefer to
keep shops shut to avoid any unsavoury incident.
Meanwhile, a large number of
people from the district and other parts of the state are expected to attend
the 'bhog' ceremony. Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, Damdami Taksal
chief Bhai Harnam Singh Dhumma, leaders of various factions of All India Sikh
Students Federation, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) chief Simranjit Singh Mann
and representatives of several Sikh organisations are likely to attend the
religious function. Family sources asserted that they would keep the function a simple affair and that no political leaders would be allowed to make speeches during the function. Only Giani Gurbachan Singh will deliver a speech to pay homage to the deceased who has been declared a 'Sikh martyr' by the Akal Takht.
