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Pakistan's First Sikh Police Officer Gulab Singh Shaheen Thrashed, Forcibly Evicted From His House

Darpan News Desk IANS, 11 Jul, 2018 10:49 AM

    Pakistan’s first Sikh police officer has claimed that he was forcibly evicted from his house in Lahore village along with his children and wife, following a property dispute with the government.

     

    Gulab Singh Shaheen in a video said that yesterday he was evicted by the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), the parent body of Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) from his house in Lahore’s Dera Chahal which is situated about 28 kilometres from Lahore, Daily Pakistan reported.

     

    “My turban was forced open and hair was untied,” Singh said in one of the videos he shared on Facebook.

     
     

     

    Posted by Gulab Singh Shaheen on Tuesday, 10 July 2018
     
     

    In a video, Singh can be seen pleading to police to give him “at least 10 minutes” to be in the place where they have been staying since 1947. Singh, later, told the media that ETPB secretary Tariq Wazir thrashed him.

     

    In 2011, Gulab Singh had filed a case against Syed Asif Akhtar Hashmi for illegal selling of the Gurudwara property, the report said. In February 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan held Hashmi, then Chairman of the ETPB, responsible for illegal selling of Gurudwara lands.

     
     

     

    Posted by Reli King on Tuesday, 10 July 2018
     
     

    On the other hand, the ETPB maintains Gulab Singh had illegally occupied the ‘Langar’ Hall of Gurdwara Janum Asthan “Bebe Nanaki Dera Chahil”, which was vacated by an anti-encroachment team on Tuesday.

     

    After a complete inquiry, ETPB Secretary Muhammad Tariq Wazir constituted a team which got vacated the hall with the help of police, the board said in a statement, adding that the Sikh community has “appreciated” the ETPB step.

     
     

     

    Posted by Gulab Singh Shaheen on Tuesday, 10 July 2018
     
     

    The Evacuee Trust Property Board, established in 1960, is a statutory body of the Government of Pakistan, which administers evacuee properties and shrines of Hindus and Sikhs attached to religious, charitable or educational trusts, left behind by Hindus and Sikhs who migrated to India after 1947 partition of India.

     
     
    Posted by Gulab Singh Shaheen on Tuesday, 10 July 2018
     
     
    Pakistan's first Sikh police officer, Gulab Singh was humiliated by the authorities - My Views

    Shameful!! Pakistan's first Sikh police officer, Gulab Singh was humiliated by the authorities & thrown out of his house along with his wife and 3 children. My views on this matter -

    Posted by Manjit Singh GK on Wednesday, 11 July 2018
     
     

    Sikhs and Hindus are not safe in Pakistan Every Indian stands in support of Gulab Singh. I promised him that people who disrespected his turban shall go to Jail as SGPC & DSGMC will raise this matter with Pak High Commission in New Delhi

    Posted by Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday, 11 July 2018
     
     

    गुलाब सिंह को घर से बेदखल करने के मामले में दिल्ली कमेटी ने पाकिस्तानी राष्ट्रपति को लिखा पत्र नई दिल्ली (11 जुलाई 2018...

    Posted by Manjit Singh GK on Wednesday, 11 July 2018
     
     
     
     

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