Orienteering Youth Granthi Commits Suicide After Harassment by SGPC Mentor

File Photo: Youth granthi Bhai Karamjit Singh from Verka (Fatehgarh Sahib)

AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab—An SGPC employee named Bhai Karamjit Singh alias Bunty reportedly committed suicide on October 10 on being teased by the SGPC member Avtar Singh Ria.  Twenty one years old Verka resident Karamjit Singh Bunty was serving as a Granth (Priest) at Gurdwara Sri Fatehgarh Sahib.

Speaking with Sikh24 about the incident, Karamjit Singh’s family members on October 15 revealed that their kin was being mentally abused by SGPC member Avtar Singh Ria.

Speaking with Sikh24, Bunty’s father S. Jatinder Singh informed that SGPC member Avtar Singh Ria had demanded Rupees 200,000 as bribe for recruiting his son into SGPC. He added that they had paid Rupees 50,000 to Ria but couldn’t afford to pay rest of the bribe, following which Avtar Singh Ria started teasing his son.

“We complained about it to SGPC President Prof. Kirpal Singh Badungar and he directed Ria to return Rupees 50,000 back to us. But Ria started teasing his son Bunty more than before, which led him to commit suicide,” he added. 

S. Jatinder Singh further informed that his son Karamjit Singh left home on October 10 without telling anyone. “He committed suicide on railway track after posting a suicide note from his Facebook account,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Amritsar Railway Police have registered a case against SGPC member Avtar Singh Ria on the complaint of victim’s father S. Jatinder Singh.

3 COMMENTS

  1. Badals should take als of their names as their names SAY’S all about them BAD.
    They up their Rapist Dera Gurmit Arse and spent more time with him than they did with their Punjabi constituents..

  2. Avtar Ria is no Sikh and must be punished – this is SGPC gunde put forward by Badals – must be taken down by the Sikh Sangat – there should be a vote to bring these mahants down and punished.

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