New Delhi: A gurdwara sewadar in Delhi was killed after a known gang of assaulters attacked him, demolished gurdwara property, pillaged the premises and left the sewadar badly injured who later succumbed. A shocked DSGMC has taken up the cudgels and police has registered a case. The incident happened in the heart of India’s capital New Delhi at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Baljit Nagar on the night of November 22.

The local thugs Sunny Dutta, Sundeep Dutta, Naresh Dutta and Babli Dutta forcefully entered the Gurdwara after breaking open the main door, severely beat the Sikh sewadar Bhai Prabhjit Singh, and later destroyed Gurdwara property.The sewadar was wounded so badly that he had to be admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital and put under an artificial ventilator. On December 3, Bhai Prabhjit Singh succumbed to his injuries, never regaining consciousness.

The DSGMC said the Dutta group that attacked the Gurdwara Sahib belongs to a notorious family in Delhi and has several criminal cases pending against it. The Patel Nagar Police Station registered a case. A funeral procession from Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Baljit Nagar to the local cremation grounds on December 4 was taken out.