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Priest arrested over desecration of holy book

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Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab), Aug 30 (PTI) A priest was todayarrested for allegedly desecrating a holy book of Sikhs inBadesh Kalan village here. Jasvir Singh, serving as ‘granthi’ at a gurudwara inManala village, was arrested and police recovered the holybook, eight pages of which were found torn, they said. During interrogation, he told police that he committed theoffence as he wanted to appoint his son as ‘granthi’ of agurudwara in Badesh Kalan. PTI Corr VJ AQS ZMNAQS

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