Group Of Afghan Sikhs Coming To India With Ashes Of Kabul Attack Victim

A gaggle of Afghan Sikhs is coming to India on Thursday with the ashes of Sawinder Singh, who was killed in an assault on a gurdwara in Kabul earlier this month, information company PTI reported, quoting folks coordinating with the Indian authorities for his or her switch.

On June 19, the Authorities of India had granted emergency e-visas to 111 Hindus and Sikhs from Afghanistan, hours after a terrorist group attacked Gurdwara Dashmesh Pita Guru Gobind Singh Karte Parwan in Kabul on June 18, killing two individuals, together with Sawinder Singh.

Sawinder, who ran a “paan” store in Kabul, lived within the gurdwara, whereas his household is in Delhi.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has made preparations for the switch of the 11-member group of Afghan Sikhs, in coordination with the Indian World Discussion board and the Authorities of India, the PTI report stated.

“Eleven Afghan Sikhs will arrive on the Delhi airport with the ashes of Sawinder Singh. Raqbir Singh, who was injured within the assault, can be a part of this group,” a consultant of the Indian World Discussion board was quoted as saying.

The group will go away for Gurdwara Guru Arjan Dev in Delhi’s Tilak Nagar after arriving in India, the report stated.

#WATCH | 11 Afghan Sikhs to succeed in Delhi from Kabul at this time. Ashes of late Sawinder Singh, who was killed in a gurudwara assault in Kabul may even arrive with the group

Switch of Afghan minorities to India is being facilitated by SGPC in coordination with Indian World Discussion board & GoI pic.twitter.com/UOK1YtTNzg

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2022

The SGPC, which bore the group’s journey bills, may even financially assist these in search of rehabilitation in India, in keeping with the PTI report.

Whereas a whole lot of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus have been evacuated in batches after the assault on Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul in March 2020, round 150 of them are nonetheless in Afghanistan, in keeping with reviews. After the June 18 assault, India issued 111 e-visas for his or her evacuation to Delhi.

The Karte Parwan gurdwara is among the fundamental gurdwaras in Kabul, the place unidentified gunmen opened hearth on Saturday, June 18, killing two individuals and injuring not less than three. It was reported that just about 25-30 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus had gathered on the gurdwara for morning prayers once they got here beneath the assault, which occurred weeks after an Indian authorities delegation made its first official go to to Afghanistan for the reason that Taliban takeover in August final yr