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The 2021 lynchings in Punjab, India [1] refers to the widely reported lynching incidents that occurred between December 18-19, 2021, at two Sikh temples in Punjab, India in which enraged mobs killed 2 men in response to alleged acts of sacrilege.
A Nihang Sikh [5] group took responsibility for the killing after the man committed sacrilege of their holy scripture. [6] A Nihang accepted his role in the murder, and gave arrest on the same day. The second accused, who also belongs to the Nihang group, was arrested by the Amritsar police.
On night of 14 October 2021, a dalit Sikh labourer, Lakhbir Singh from Cheema Khurd village of Tarn Taran district was lynched by Nihang Sikhs present at farmers' protest site on the allegations of sacrilege [7] by his picking up the copy of a Sarbloh Granth. [8] [9] Family members of Lakhbir denied his role in alleged sacrilege. [10]
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