Amritsar, Feb. 10 -- Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Monday asked the Punjab government that the special investigation team (SIT), probing the matter related to the missing 328 sacred saroops of Guru Granth Sahib, must be constituted exclusively of Amritdhari Sikh police officers.

"In view of the suggestions and demands received from the Sikh sangat residing in India and abroad, and the recent violation of Sikh maryada (conduct) by a SIT at a religious place in the Doaba region, it is extremely essential that the SIT be comprised only of Amritdhari Sikh officers," Giani Gargaj said while speaking to the media at the Akal Takht secretariat.

He said that due to the functioning of the SIT officers, doubts have aris...