VC, Dean, Registrar amongst other booked by police; Akal Takht, SGPC raises concern over desecration issue
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ August 29,2025
Patiala police has booked Punjabi University vice chancellor Jagdeep Singh, dean academic affairs Jaswinder Singh Brar, Registrar Dr Davinder Singh, Dr Harjinder Pal Singh, Incharge Publication Bureau, Punjabi University, Patiala and one Unknown person under section 298 BNS.
The police have lodged an FIR against the above mentioned accused at Urban Estate Police station for ‘disrespect’ towards Mahan Kosh of Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha “ under section 298 BNS (criminalizes injuring or defiling any place of worship or sacred object with the intent to insult the religion of any class, or with the knowledge that it is likely to be so regarded.”)
Akal Takht Jathedar Kuldip Singh Gargaj directed the Head Granthi of Gurdwara Sri Dukhniwaran Sahib, Patiala, to personally oversee the respectful ‘Sanskar Sewa’ of all copies of the Mahankosh present on the Punjabi University campus.
Slamming the Punjabi University for “disrespect” shown towards the Gurshabad Ratnakar Mahankosh authored by the great Sikh scholar Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha, Gargaj directed its administration to hold Akhand Path along with Ardas (Sikh prayer) for forgiveness and as an act of repentance at the gurdwara situated on the campus.
SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhammi said burying the copies of the Mahakosh which contained Shabds from the Guru Granth Sahib, Sikh principles and heritage, amounted to desecration. He said the university administration should have consulted the SGPC for disposing of the error-ridden copies of the highly respected ‘Mahan Kosh’.
He said the move of the university hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community and its administration should apologise to the entire Panth.
