CHANDIGARH, Punjab—On February 23, several persons brutally assaulted a Sikh granthi named Karam Singh in Mansa. A shocking video of this brutal thrashing has surfaced over social media in which the attackers could be serenely seen beating up granthi Karam Singh while disrespectfully removing his turban and uprooting hairs.

On being contacted by the media, Karam Singh informed that he is a taxi driver and he got indulged in arguments with another driver over parking space. “Following this, several persons came out from the nearby temple and started thrashing me brutally,” he said while adding that the attackers also committed sacrilege of his Kakaars.

SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal has strongly criticized this incident of attack on granthi Karam Singh. He has sought strict action against the attackers.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that all the assailants have been indicted in an FIR registered in a police station of Bathinda.