AMRITSAR: An incident of demolition of a historical building dating back to the times of Guru Nanak Dev have surfaced from Narowal in Pakistan , where he had lived for around 18 years of his life.

According to media reports from Pakistan, the building known as Guru Nanak Mahal Bathanwala was in possession of Evacuee Trust Property Board (EPTB) that was given on rent .

The news report alleged that the four-story building was demolished in connivance with certain officials of ETPB and its old wooden structures including windows, doors and ventilators were sold.

It also quoted the deputy commissioner Narowal, Waheed Asghar stating that there was no mention of the said building in the revenue records.

Despite repeated attempts, the newly appointed chairman of ETPB, Dr Amir Ahmad didn’t respond to the TOI’s query.

However, a Sikh leader of Nankana Sahib who didn’t want to disclose his name, told TOI that the said building was left behind by an influential family that had migrated to India during 1947 Indo Pak partition and later ETPB took its possession and rented it.

He informed that the walls of the building had paintings of Baba Nanak and many Hindu deities . However, he claimed that the building was couple of centuries old but was not connected with Baba Nanak.

