Centre accords ‘Z’ class safety to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh, he declines

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh was Friday granted ‘Z’ class safety by the Union Home Ministry, however he declined the provide saying it will have hindered his work as a spiritual chief.

Home Ministry officers mentioned in Delhi the choice to accord the ‘Z’ class safety, the nation’s second highest, to the Sikh spiritual chief was taken in view of the improved menace notion.

“Z category security has been provided to Jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Harpreet Singh. The CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) commandos will be in charge of his security,” an official mentioned earlier within the day.

However, the Jathedar mentioned later in Chandigarh that he didn’t know “what input the government has”.

He, nonetheless, thanked the federal government for its provide.

“I respect the sentiments of the Centre,” he mentioned, urging it to withdraw the order.

A ‘Z’ class protectee is secured by about 16-20 armed CRPF commandos who’re deployed round the clock in shifts.

Akal Takht is the best temporal seat of Sikhs, and Jathedar is its appointed head.

The Jathedar mentioned he got here to know in regards to the Centre’s choice by the media.

Singh mentioned that being the Jathedar of Akal Takht his space of labor is to propagate the Sikh faith, it ideas and tenets and that he has to journey inside and out of doors the nation for the aim.

During the discharge of this responsibility, he mentioned, he typically has to fulfill lots of people and someday he wants to remain at any individual’s residence.

“In such situations, travelling with ‘Z’ category security is not feasible for me. There will be many problems for me,” he mentioned.

“I want to say that with this ‘Z’ security, some problems in the area of propagation by me are natural,” he mentioned.

The Akal Takht Jathedar was certainly one of 424 individuals whose safety have been pruned by the newly fashioned AAP authorities in Punjab.

Even although his safety was later restored by the state authorities, the Jathedar had refused to take it.