rape charges: Akal Takht excommunicates SAD leader
Amritsar, Sept. 21 -- : Akal Takht excommunicated Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member Amarjit Singh Chawla, along with suspended additional head granthi Malkit Singh, from the Khalsa Panth on Sunday.
The decision followed an FIR registered on August 21 in which a Bahrain-based woman from Sangrur accused Chawla of raping her at a serai in Anandpur Sahib. The complainant also accused Malkit Singh and an SGPC driver of sending her obscene messages.
The Sikh clergy stated that the allegations severely hurt community sentiment. P2...
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