AMRITSAR, July 27 -- Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Sunday alleged that some individuals were discouraging people from participating in the Miri-Piri Khalsa March and claimed that an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker thrashed an elderly woman in Tarn Taran for attending the event, a charge denied by the ruling party's Khemkaran MLA Sarwan Singh Dhun.

"I received a phone call from an elderly woman from Amarkot village, who told me that her brother-in-law, who is an AAP worker, thrashed her for participating in the procession. The Tarn Taran SSP should take action," said the jathedar while addressing devotees at Khadoor Sahib.

The march, organised to mark Miri Piri Day, commenced on July 24 from Akal Takht and will cu...