Overview
- Amritsar Police registered an FIR on December 7 naming 16 people, including a former SGPC chief secretary, over 328 saroops reported missing since 2020.
- Mann announced a special investigation team for the case, urged the SGPC to provide records, and said those named will be called to join the probe.
- The Five Singh Sahiban warned the AAP government against interference, asserting the matter should be resolved through Akal Takht and SGPC institutions as cited from the Ishar Singh commission report.
- The clergy told Sikh bodies not to cooperate with police in this case and complained of police inaction on earlier complaints about hateful propaganda and fake SGPC accounts.
- Akal Takht issued cultural directives banning unauthorized films, animated or AI depictions of Gurus and prohibiting Anand Karaj with the saroop at non-gurdwara venues, and summoned Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond and others for January 5.