'Not Bhagwant Mann': AAP cites '1,191 different angles' to defend Punjab CM in 'sacrilege' row

NEW DELHI: Punjab concern curate and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) person Harpal Singh Cheema connected Thursday asserted that the idiosyncratic seen successful the alleged sacrilege video, which prompted the Akal Takht to contented an edict against Bhagwant Mann, was not the Punjab main minister.Addressing a property league successful Chandigarh, Cheema cited reports from 2 forensic laboratories that, according to him, recovered that the idiosyncratic appearing successful the video was idiosyncratic different than Mann."In these 2 laboratory reports, 1,191 antithetic angles person been taken that amusement facial recognition, (Mann's) height, assemblage posture, however helium walks, however helium stands, each these postures. With 1,191 angles, a thorough investigation was undertaken," the curate told reporters, PTI reported."It shows that the fake video does not lucifer Bhagwant Mann. The video was made utilizing an histrion to defame the main minister," helium added.Cheema further said that the 2 forensic laboratories were autarkic institutions located extracurricular Punjab and recognised by the Government of India. He accused the absorption Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of targeting Mann and alleged that the enactment had been attempting to defame the main curate since discussions began connected introducing an anti-sacrilege law.

The concern minister's remarks came days aft the Akal Takht, the highest temporal authorization of Sikhism, described Mann arsenic "Guru Dokhi" (anti-Guru) and "Khalsa Panth Virodhi" (anti-Khalsa Panth) implicit a clip that purportedly showed a antheral resembling the main minister.In January, the Akal Takht had summoned Mann implicit allegations that helium made remarks astir "Guru ki Golak" (gurdwara donation box) and engaged successful "objectionable activities" involving images of the Sikh Gurus and slain militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale successful a purported video clip.Mann has repeatedly dismissed the video arsenic "false propaganda" intended to tarnish his image.The contention has surfaced little than a twelvemonth earlier Punjab heads to the polls successful February 2027. The AAP volition beryllium aiming to clasp powerfulness and unafraid a 2nd consecutive term.