Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee has disapproved an Army officer’s statement that Pakistan had targeted the Golden Temple with drones and missile which were shot down by Indian forces.
Major General Kartik C Seshadri eneral Officer Commanding, 15 Infantry Division had made this statement in an interview.
He said Pakistan had launched drones and missiles on Golden temple after India struck at nine terrorist site in Pakistan in response to the brutal Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 that had claimed 26 lives.
Hours after the Army officer made the remarks, SGPC chief secretary Kulwant Singh Mannan said he “didn’t believe the version” as no force “could think of attacking” the shrine, to which he referred to as the abode of Guru Ram Das.
“Agencies have their own way of thinking, about which I can’t say anything. There is no dip in the flow of sangat (at the shrine)” he added.
Meanwhile, responding to the news, Punjab Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said Pakistani soldiers “showed a negative mindset as they tried to attack a universally acclaimed religious place”.