Man bludgeoned to death ‘attempting to commit a sacrilegious act’ at Amritsar’s Golden Temple

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A man has been beaten to death in the northern Indian city of Amritsar after he allegedly attempted to commit an act of desecration inside the historic Golden Temple, a Sikh shrine.

The media reported that the incident occurred during the daily evening prayers on Saturday, after the man jumped over a barrier inside the inner sanctuary and tried to grab a sword that was kept near the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book.

Television footage showed people inside the temple rushing to stop it.

The man tried to grab a sword kept near the Sikh holy book. Credit: AP

Police told New Delhi TV that the man was killed after the incident and that they were checking CCTV footage to get more information.

“The man, who is between 20 and 25 years old, was wearing a yellow cloth strapped to his head and jumped over the fence… People held him inside and escorted him to the driveway where there was a violent fight and he died,” Parminder Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar Police, Bendal told the channel.

The chief minister of Punjab state, where Amritsar is located, strongly condemned the incident, calling it the “worst outrageous act of attempted sacrilege”, on Twitter late Saturday.

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