AMRITSAR/CHANDIGARH, Oct. 7 -- Making the findings of an internal inquiry public, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Harjinder Singh Dhami on Tuesday acknowledged that the complainant in the Amarjit Singh Chawla rape case had stayed extensively at multiple gurdwara serais in Anandpur Sahib and received a Rs.1-lakh financial grant on the recommendation of the accused himself.

Dhami had formed a four-member panel on September 22 after the SGPC and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) faced backlash from Sikh bodies and political parties over allegations that the Bahrain-based woman had overstayed in the serais after an FIR was registered against ex-SGPC member Chawla on August 21. Following the FIR, Chawla resigned from his SAD and ...