Funeral day passes off peacefully in Dabwali

Funeral day passes off peacefully in Dabwali
SIRSA NEWS
20 July, 2008
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DABWALI LIMPING BACK TO NORMALCY, CURFEW STILL CONTINUES. HARMINDER SINGH MORTAL REMAINS CREMATED.

THE DABWALI which faced the worst violence in is history was gradually limping back to normalcy and there prevails complete peace in the town and its vicinity. The curfew that was imposed yesterday still continues which was lifted for 2 hours today from 10am to 12. No untoward incident was from any where within the Dabwali town or its peripheral areas. The cremation of the mortal remains of Harminder Singh who succumbed to his injuries he sustained during clashes between the Sikhs and the Dera followers on Friday were consigned to flames in his native village Dabwali village. Thousands of people including SimranJit Singh Maan, the president of the SAD (Amritsar), Avtar Singh Makkar the president of the SGPC, Balwant Singh Nandgarh, the head granthi of the Gurudwara Talwandi Sabo, Sukhsvinder Singh Khalsa, the president of the Haryana Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Sabha, Cleric Balwant Singh Dadoo and INLD leader Sita MLA (Dabwali) participated in the funeral
procession. His cremation passed off peacefully. When contacted Deputy Commissioner V.Umashankar who along the top police brass has been camping at Dabwali since yesterday told that there prevails peace. He has also the people especially both the warring groups to maintain peace and communal harmony in the district. He said that security has been beefed up at all the sensitive spots.

DERA FOLLOWER AND HIS SON BOOKED FOR MURDER.

SUNDER DASS MEHTA and his son both residents of Dabwali town and the Dera Sacha Sauda followers at whose house during naam charcha clashes a Sikh Harminder was killed on Friday were booked for murder and were produced before a court at Sirsa which sent them to judicial lock up for 14 days. The next hearing has been fixed for 2.8.08. It may be recalled that violent clashes took place during the Naam Charcha held at the residence of Mehta on Friday and there was stone pelting on both the sides ie., the Sikhs and the dera followers in which Harminder Singh was seriously injured and later succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital.
Report: Dr. OP Bansal