Kapurthala Lynching: No Evidence Of Sacrilege, Says Punjab Chief Minister

"There was no sacrilege in the Kapurthala case. The FIR will be amended," Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said

There is no evidence of sacrilege in the killing of a man by a mob in Punjab's Kapurthala, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said today.

On Sunday, a man accused of trying to remove the Nishan Sahib (Sikh flag) at a gurdwara was chased and beaten to death by a mob in the presence of the police.

The incident took place a day after a man was beaten to death at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, in what the police said was a case involving a sacrilege attempt.