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Pakistan’s first Sikh police officer Gulab Singh allegedly thrashed, forcibly evicted from his house

Pakistan’s first Sikh police officer Gulab Singh has claimed that he was forcibly evicted from his house in Lahore's Dera Chahal along with his children and wife, following a property dispute.

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Pakistan’s first Sikh police officer Gulab Singh has claimed that he was forcibly evicted from his house in Lahore's Dera Chahal along with his children and wife, following a property dispute.

Singh was evicted by Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), the parent body of Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC).

'My turban was forced open and hair was untied. This is how Sikhs are treated in Pakistan," Singh told ANI.

In a video, Singh can be seen pleading to police to give him 'at least 10 minutes' to be in the place where they have been staying since 1947.

Speaking to Times of India, Singh alleged that ETPB secretary Tariq Wazir thrashed him. 

He has also appealed to Sikhs across the world to help him and take note of disrespect to a Sikh's hair and turban.

According to a report, Singh has alleged that PSGPC president Tara Singh along with Indian Sikh fugitives currently taking shelter in Pakistan had collected donations of Rs 10 to Rs 15 crore from the Sikhs of UK. USA. Canada etc on the name of development of Bebe Nanki Gurdwara but didn't spend a single penny.

In 2011, Gulab Singh had filed a case against Syed Asif Akhtar Hashmi for illegal selling of the Gurudwara property. In February 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan held Hashmi, then Chairman of Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), responsible for illegal selling of Sikh gurudwaras in the country.

Evacuee Trust Property Board, established in 1960, is a statutory board of the Government of Pakistan, which administers evacuee properties and shrines of Hindus and Sikhs attached to religious, charitable or educational trusts, left behind by Hindus and Sikhs who migrated to India after 1947 partition of India.

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