Communal tensions flared after a group of people forcefully entered a church in Tarn Taran and vandalized the statue of Lord Jesus and Mother Marry. Not only this but the car of the Pastor parked inside the church premises was also set ablaze. The shocking incident took place in Tarn Taran's Thakarpur village. The Tarn Taran church vandalism incident took place after the Akal Takht Jathedar, head of the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, issued a statement against 'forced conversions' of Sikhs by Christian missionaries. Notably, two days back Nihang Sikhs had also protested against the issue recently.
Coming to the shocking Tarn Taran church vandalism story, the incident took place on August 31 at 12:30 AM. It is to be noted that Tarn Taran church vandalism incident was also caught on CCTV footage. Reportedly, 4 unidentified people entered the church and tied the guard’s arm at a gunpoint and also tied his mother on the first floor of the church. Following this, the statue of Mother Mary and Lord Jesus was also demolished. Not only this, also the car parked inside the church was set on fire by the accused.
The startling thing that took everyone by surprise was that the people took the head of Mother Mary’s statue along with them. Two of the four were also captured in the CCTV, who destroyed the statues. Since then communal tensions have been prevailing in the area.
It is pertinent to mention here that this incident has taken place days after the clash between Christians and Nihangs in the village that is near Jandiala. After this whole incident, the people belonging to Christianity jammed the Patti Khemkaran road this morning. The people are on a dharna and are demanding justice as well as the arrest of the accused. Police have reached the spot and are trying to convince the people to calm down.
On Sunday, the ongoing program of Christians in Jandiala Guru’s village Dandua was stopped by the Nihangs. A case was registered against 150 Nihangs after this incident as they destroyed everything in the program.
The Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Giani Harprit Singh also issued a statement on Tuesday opposing the government to register the case against Nihangs. He said, “the Christian priests are misleading Hindus and Sikhs by hypocrisy and getting them converted. Many times, Nihangs complained about this, but the government did not listen to them.”
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