Punjab wants Centre to review laws on sacrilege

CHANDIGARH, OCT. 11. The Punjab Cabinet today urged the Centre to review the laws pertaining to acts of sacrilege so as to ensure ``the most severe penalty'' to those indulging in such acts. In a resolution expressing ``deep anguish'' over the alleged acts of sacrilege in the State, the Cabinet requested the Centre to make suitable amendments in the statute to ``ensure the most severe penalty to those guilty of such crimes.'' Meanwhile, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak committee (SGPC) president, Mr. Jagdev Singh Talwandi, constituted a three- member committee, including two High Court judges belonging to the community, to go into all aspects relating to the controversy.

Earlier in the day, the panthic Morcha, comprising anti-Badal Akali factions, demanded a judicial probe into the alleged acts of sacrilege, a demand which was rejected by the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who said the inquiry being conducted by dig Suresh Arora ``will expose the real culprits behind the acts within 10 days.''

- PTI

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