AMRITSAR, Dec. 23 -- The Punjab government has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the case of the missing 328 holy saroops of the Guru Granth Sahib. Police, on December 7, registered an FIR against 16 individuals, mostly former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) officials and staffers, in connection with the missing 'saroops', nearly five years after the matter came to light. As per the order issued by director of bureau of investigation, LK Yadav, a copy of which is with HT, AIG (vigilance), Mohali, Jagatpreet Singh, will lead the SIT. Other members of the SIT are Ravinderpal Singh Sandhu, DCP (investigation), Police Commissionerate Amritsar; Harpal Singh Sandhu, additional DCP, Police Commissionerate, Amritsar; Gurbans Singh Bains, SP (D), Patiala; Beant Juneja, ACP, Ludhiana; and Harminder Singh, ACP (D), Police Commissionerate Amritsar. "The SIT shall function under the supervision of Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, Commissioner of Police, Amritsar", reads the order, adding, "The Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, shall co-opt any other Police officer/official in the SIT from within Police Commissionerate, Amritsar. In case of Police officer/official posted at any place other than Police Commissionerate, Amritsar, the Commissioner of Police shall co-opt such police officer/official as a member of the SIT after approval of this office." Satinder Singh Kohli, former CA of SGPC and considered close to the Badal family, and former chief secretary of the SGPC, Roop Singh, are also among those booked. The FIR was registered on a complaint of sacked Golden Temple hazuri raagi Bhai Baldev Singh Wadala, who is head of Sikh Sadbhawna Dal. The FIR was registered under IPC sections 295 (injuring or defiling a place of worship or sacred object with intent to insult a religion), 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings), 409 (criminal breach of trust), 465 (forgery), and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) at Police Station Division-C, Amritsar Commissionerate. Reacting to the developments, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said interference by governments in religious and internal administrative affairs is not only unnecessary, but is also against Sikh traditions and "a direct challenge to Sri Akal Takht Sahib."...