Bathinda, May 21 -- Three weeks after the Muktsar district police registered Punjab's first FIR under the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, after torn pages of a Sukhmani Sahib gutka (prayer book) were found scattered in Malout town on April 30, the cops are yet to make a breakthrough. The case was registered under Section 299 (malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in addition to the new Act, which provides for stringent punishments, including life imprisonment and fines up to Rs.25 lakh, for acts of sacrilege against the Guru Granth Sahib. The anti-sacrilege bill, which proposed amendments to the original 2008 Act, was passed unanimously by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha during a special one-day session on April 13. Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria accorded assent to the bill on April 17, and it was notified by the Punjab government on April 20. Malout DSP Jaspal Singh said on Wednesday that teams are working to identify the culprits. "We have scanned various surveillance cameras where the torn pages were recovered and interrogated several people, but we have yet to get clinching evidence," the DSP said. Around 40 pages of the scripture were recovered from Kuchian Mohalla, a slum locality in ward number 10 of Malout town, following which residents alerted the police. An FIR was registered on the complaint of local resident Jangir Singh. HTC...