In a breakthrough in the investigation into the disappearance of 328 saroops (sacred copies) of Guru Granth Sahib, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday launched that the special investigation crew (SIT) has recovered 169 saroops from two deras in the Banga quandary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (previously Nawanshahr) district.
Addressing a gathering on the Aam Aadmi Occasion’s Maghi Mela conference in Muktsar, the executive minister vowed strict action and acknowledged that of the 169 recovered saroops, 139 devour been chanced on to haven’t any reliable file or serial numbers, raising questions about unauthorised distribution and mismanagement.
“The sanctity of Guru Granth Sahib is paramount. Our authorities is committed to tracing every single lacking saroop,” Mann acknowledged, adding that extra necessary aspects would be shared by the SIT at this time.
Of the 169, 115 saroops devour been numbered, and the final 54 had no serial numbers. Data exist for 30 saroops – 20 devour been given to one pind gurdwara and 10 to one other in Banga, consistent with AAP impart media in-designate Baltej Pannu.
The case dates reduction to Could furthermore 2020 when an internal audit on the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) publication dwelling at Gurdwara Ramsar Sahib in Amritsar published a discrepancy of 328 saroops. Whereas the Akal Takht had on the initiating carried out an inquiry and awarded non secular punishment (tankhah) to several officers, the shortcoming of criminal complaints remained a flashpoint for Panthic organisations.
The AAP authorities registered a predominant info anecdote on December 7, 2025, invoking sections linked to criminal breach of trust, forgery, and hurting non secular sentiments. The SIT, led by AIG (Vigilance) Jagatpreet Singh, lately arrested the high accused, aged SGPC internal auditor Satinder Singh Kohli.
Whereas the SGPC on the initiating termed the impart’s intervention “unwarranted”, the Akal Takht Jathedar lately directed the committee to cooperate with the SIT in the larger passion of the Sikh sangat (community).
The hot restoration in Banga marks the first physical proof of the lacking scriptures being situated outside reliable SGPC custody.
