India, June 18 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday intensified attack on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal, holding him responsible for the 2015 sacrilege-related incidents and the Behbal Kalan police firing, and announced that the state government would reopen investigations into the cases.

Addressing a public gathering in Bhatalan village in Tanda constituency of Hoshiarpur district, Mann alleged that the SAD-BJP government had "insulted" Guru Granth Sahib during its tenure and must be held accountable for the violence that followed the sacrilege incidents.

Mann's remarks come two days after the Sikh clergy directed the community to ostracise the CM over an alleged objectionable video, which, it said, hu...