Amritsar: Two persons Lynched to death by accusing of sacrilege within Amritsar’s Golden temple’s Sri Harmandir Sahib Gurudwara. According to the police sources, a person was killed at the Golden Temple on Saturday evening for attempted desecration of the sacred Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, at the sanctum sanctorum.

Sacrilege was attempted within the Golden Temple’s sanctum sanctorum during Rehras Sahib recitation when a person attempted to approach Guru Granth Sahib and take up the kirpan placed in front of the sacred Sikh book. It was surprising to see such a cruel and blatant crime done at humanity’s holiest temple” by a single individual. Police projected that the likelihood of a deep-rooted conspiracy behind it could not be ruled out.

A second man was beaten to death in Punjab today over an alleged instance of sacrilege, a similar incident in Amritsar’s Golden Temple less than 24 hours before.

According to the police the villagers of Nizampur in Kapurthala district said they caught the man from a gurdwara early on Sunday. They alleged that he was seen “disrespecting” the Nishan Sahib (the Sikh flag) around 4 am.

Though the police team reached the spot and took the man into custody, Sikh groups insisted that he be questioned in front of them. The man was killed by the locals after a scuffle with the police. Cell phone videos from the spot showed the man being beaten up with sticks. The police later took him to the hospital where he was declared dead.

In the Amritsar incident, closed circuit television footage showed the man in his early 20s, who had a yellow cloth tied on his head, jumping over golden railing into the enclosure where the Granth Sahib — which the Sikhs call their 11th Guru — is kept. He is then seen picking up a golden sword kept there as the priests sitting at the spot rushed to overpower him. He was beaten to death.