Punjab's famous Pastor Baljinder Singh, on Sunday evening, held a press conference and denied the sexual harassment allegations leveled against him. On Sunday, a woman accused Christian preacher Bajinder Singh of making undesirable advances against her and touching her when she was just 17. An FIR has been registered by the Kapurthala police against Baljinder Singh for sexual harassment, stalking, and criminal intimidation. The FIR reveals that he committed the crimes when the woman was working for him in a team at the Church of Glory and Wisdom.
Responding to it, Baljinder Singh denied all the allegations and called it a well-planned conspiracy. Baljinder Singh further alleged that the girl was suffering from 'evil spirit'. The complainant in her FIR stated that she started going to Singh's congregation from December 2017 with her parents and became a member of his ‘worship team’, following which the harassment started.
The complainant alleged that Pastor Baljinder Singh conducts Christian prayer meetings under the name "The Church of Glory and Wisdom" in the village Tajpur of Jalandhar. Her parents had started attending this church in October 2017, where he took her phone number and began making inappropriate phone calls and sending messages. She started getting scared of his messages and was afraid to tell her parents about his actions, but the inappropriate communication continued.
She further stated that in 2022, he started isolating her in the church cabin on Sundays. Whenever she was alone in the cabin, he would come in and touch her inappropriately, which made her extremely frightened. She feared that he might harm her, her parents, her husband, and her brother.
Pastor Baljinder Singh's Reaction on FIR
Baljinder Singh, addressing the media,said, "I have come in front of the media because I am hearing some weird talks and reports. These days, I am seeing people are taking advantage of my innocence. He is Pastor Vijay (by pointing a photo), and he has been misbehaving with me for the past 5 years. He comes from the same place where I have lived since my childhood. He became a Pastor before me. However, started being jealous of me. Out of jealousy, he started spilling unverified and illogic facts against me on social media. He said that I keep girls.
In Punjab, we educate people to give up drug addiction. There are no legal case against me of any kind in Punjab. I have registered an FIR against him (Pastor Vijay). FIR no. 119. The boy with him, named Chandan, is actually a fugitive. He hasn't even got a bail till now. Now, see what he is doing with this girl? It proves that they have weaved a scheme against me. The man who is said to be the woman's husband is actually Pastor Vijay's spiritual son.
Earlier, the girl used to come to our church. They all have joined hands to conspire against me. I do not use the phone and I do not meet anyone. My duty is to pray. All these are tarishing my image because 2 to 2.5 years back, her mother was a volunteer at the church. Two people were caught conning people, and we had filed a diary number to the Police. Her own uncle (mama) come to our church."
'Girl was under the influence of evil spirit'
'The entire church knew that she used to get fits and suffered from evil spirit. People come here to get themself free from evil spirit. Our job is to pray. She is like our daughter,' added Baljinder Singh.