Overview

• Patiala police filed an FIR under BNS Section 298 naming Vice-Chancellor Dr Jagdeep Singh, registrar Davinderpal Singh, dean Jaswinder Singh Brar and publications head HPS Kalra after students alleged sacrilege.
• The dispute centers on pits dug on campus to bury reprinted copies, which student leaders and Sikh groups said should be handled as sacred literature under prescribed practice.
• Punjabi University suspended publications in-charge HPS Kalra and environment director Himender Bharti for lapses in the disposal process.
• Gurdwara officials performed an ardas, retrieved the volumes and took them to Goindwal Sahib for final rites, as the Akal Takht formed a probe panel to report within a week and review preservation of rare texts at the university library.
• The vice-chancellor apologized and said burial was intended as an eco-friendly disposal of thousands of error-ridden reprints that an SGPC panel found tampered and the high court barred from sale after a costly multi-language print run.