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SGPC election: Amritsar
is a town under siege

Amritsar looked like a town under siege on Monday, on the eve of a crucial Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee election, even as police continued to crackdown on Akali activists owing allegiance to former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.

SGPC is the supreme Sikh religious body. It controls Gurudwaras all over India.

Not leaving anything to chance, police entered the SGPC complex again on Monday and put tall barriers on the road that separates the complex from the Golden Temple.

All entry points to the SGPC complex were sealed. No one except media personnel, SGPC members and VIPs were being allowed inside.

Though the main passage leading to the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple was open, devotees had to cross many hurdles before reaching there.

Personnel of the special anti-riot cell of the Punjab police force in full combat gear were stationed around the Golden Temple and SGPC complex.

Meanwhile, continuing its crackdown on Akali activists owing allegiance to Badal, police on Monday arrested nine persons in Kharar district.

The total number of Akalis arrested in Kharar in the run-up to the SGPC poll has risen to 35 now.

PTI

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