Sukhbir Badal asks Rajnath Singh to speed up CBI probe into scarilege cases

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today called on the Union Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh and urged him to direct the CBI to put the sensitive ‘Bargari’ case involving sacrilege of Holy Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji on “the fastest, most expeditious and priority mode so that culprits in the case are identified, apprehended and given exemplary punishment under the law.”
“This must be deemed a national priority as it involves the profound and sacred sentiments of millions of people all over the world, Sikhs as well as all right thinking people in every community everywhere. ,” said Mr Badal while talking to Mr Rajnath Singh.Mr. Badal, who is also the Home Minister of the state, further urged the home minister to strengthen, reinforce and ‘completely modernize’ the functional capabilities and combat-response vigil of the Border Security Force (BSF) all along the border with Pakistan adjoining Punjab.Mr Badal said although “the BSF and other forces tasked with the sensitive responsibility of blocking infiltration of hostile element including terrorists had always stood up to the challenge in a most commendable manner, yet there have been instances that left something to be desired so that the border is not breached , as it had been done by highly trained terrorists who attacked Dinanagar and now Pathankot. Mr. Badal said that the numerical strength of the BSF and other forces had been shown to be inadequate and insufficient to deal with the rising specter of cross-border terrorism. Mr. Badal said that in view of the highly motivated, sophisticated and technologically advanced nature of the threat from cross border terrorism, our forces on the border need only to the significantly increased numerically but they also need to be given state –of-the-art combat and communication weaponry and equipments so that they are always ahead of the terrorist.