The special investigation team (SIT) of the Punjab police has pinned the blame for the 2015 Bargari sacrilege cases on the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda.
Widespread protests broke out in Punjab following the incidents. It has remained a key political issue in the State since then.
In the first case, unknown persons stole the holy Shri Guru Granth Sahib from the Gurdwara of Burj Jawahar Singh Wala in Faridakot district. Three months later, two posters containing derogatory language against Sikh religion, Sikh preachers and the Guru Granth Sahib were found pasted at Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village. In the third case, unknown persons had strewn the holy pages of Shri Guru Granth Sahib outside the Bargari Gurudwara as well as on the streets around the village.
