The Indian Navy has denied stories claiming that air defence weapons or any armed forces instruments have been deployed at some stage of the Golden Temple premises at some stage of Operation Sindoor. The clarification comes after some media stories alleged the Navy turned allowed to dwelling defence property at some stage of the shrine.
Amritsar:
The Indian Navy on Tuesday denied stories claiming that air defence (AD) weapons or each different defence instruments have been deployed at some stage of the premises of Sri Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple) at some stage of Operation Sindoor, which turned launched amid heightened tensions with #Pakistan. In an announcement, the Navy clarified, “Some media reports are circulating with respect to deployment of AD guns in the Golden Temple. It’s clarified that NO AD guns or every other AD resource became deployed at some level of the premises of Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar (Golden Temple).”
The clarification comes after stories actually helpful that the Golden Temple administration had allowed the Navy to deploy air defence property at some stage of the shrine to counter potential drone or missile threats. The clarify has moreover been categorically denied by religious authorities and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex Sikh religious physique.
SGPC, temple monks reject deployment claims SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami stated the administration had contacted the shrine handiest to ask switching off lights at some stage of a city-broad blackout following the escalation of negative-border tensions. “We cooperated in the hobby of public safety, however no permission became given for installing defence tools,” he stated.
Dhami emphasised that there turned no dialog from Navy officers almost about any deployment at some stage of the shrine advanced. Further head priest Giani Amarjeet Singh on the whole is known as the claims “shockingly faux” and confirmed that no air defence programs have been introduced into the Golden Temple.
Giani Raghbir Singh, Head Granthi of Sri Harmandar Sahib, who turned out of the nation on the time of Operation Sindoor, moreover stated he turned now not contacted for the sort of decision, and there turned no such train on the shrine.
Spiritual habits maintained at some stage of blackout The temple administration confirmed that handiest the higher and exterior lights have been turned off at some stage of the blackout, whereas internal lights required for declaring religious ‘maryada’ (code of habits) remained on. “The Langar, Akhand Path Sahib recitations, and other day-to-day non secular practices persisted with out interruption,” Singh stated.
Dhami added that vast numbers of devotees visited the shrine at some stage of this time, and any extraordinary train equal to gun deployment mustn’t relish gone unnoticed. While acknowledging the Navy’s function at some stage of heightened tensions, he criticised the unfold of “falsehoods” and demanded an reputable clarification from the supervisor.
(With PTI inputs)
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