India said Monday that it had lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over reports that others were looking to turn a historic gurdwara in the eastern city of Lahore into a mosque.
“A strong protest lodged with the High Commissioner of Pakistan today over the incident reported in which Gurdwara Shahidi Asthan, the site of Bhai Taru Singhji’s martyrdom at Naulakha Bazaar in Lahore, Pakistan, claimed as the site of Masjid Shahid Ganj and attempts are being made. in a mosque,” said foreign ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava.
The gurdwara is a historical shrine built on the site where Bhai Taru Singh suffered fatal injuries in 1745.
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“The gurdwara is a position of reverence and is considered sacred through the Sikh network. This incident was considered with a wonderful fear in India. There have been calls to justice for the Sikh minority network in Pakistan,” Srivastava said.
“India has expressed its considerations in the most powerful terms about this incident and has called on Pakistan to investigate the matter and take immediate corrective action,” he added.
It was the most recent in a series of protests in India opposed to the remedy of Pakistani minorities, namely Hindus and Sikhs.
Pakistan’s Trusteary Evacuation Property Board (ETPB), a state-owned company guilty of controlling devout minority shrines, on Monday asked police to take “strict disciplinary action” against a Lahore resident named Sohail Butt Attari, who was allegedly making efforts to “provoke others opposed to the historic Gurdwara Taro Singh and occupy the wastelands adjacent to The Lord’s.
The letter also said that Attari’s video was being used through Indian media to damage Pakistan’s symbol and that “multiple conspiracies” were exploding after the successful opening of the Kartarpur room last year.
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