Golden temple receives three threat emails on Wednesday, fifth in over three days causing concern among Sikh community | Amritsar News

AMRITSAR : Just 36 hours after receiving the first threat email to cause damage to Sikh’s holiest of holy shrine Golden Temple, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) was hit with three more threat emails in a single day on Wednesday , bringing the total to five threatening messages over three days — even as the police remain clueless and in the dark.While talking to media persons, SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami said that the first email landed in SGPC’s inbox on July 14, reportedly from the fake email ID of Kerala Chief Minister Comrade Pinarayi Vijayan, threatening to damage the Golden Temple. SGPC officials immediately alerted the police and urged cyber experts to trace the server and IP address of the sender.Shockingly, just 24 hours later, a second threat email arrived on July 15. This one, sent not only to SGPC but also to Member of Parliament Gurjit Singh, was traced to a fake email ID of former Chief Justice of India, Justice Chanderchur Singh. The situation escalated drastically on July 16, when three more emails came in consecutively, purportedly from a person named Asif Gaffur. These emails were addressed to both SGPC and the chief minister of Punjab, marking the third consecutive day of targeted threats.While expressing deep frustration over the lack of visible action, Dhami said, “We informed the police immediately after receiving the first email. But there has been no concrete response. The Golden Temple is not just a religious place; it is the spiritual heart of the Sikh community. If such threats don’t alarm the govt, what will?” he questioned.Dhami criticised the silence of Punjab CM and MP Gurjit Singh saying that they also received at least one of the threat mails, yet have made no public statement so far. “We are worried, but why are they not? Why haven’t they uttered a word?” he said. Citing the deployment of Border Security Force (BSF) personnel around Golden Temple , Dhami apprehended that this could be a deliberate attempt to create fear and reduce the number of sangam visiting the shrine. “It seems like an orchestrated effort to terrorise the sangam . If not, then why hasn’t the source of the emails been traced yet? Any govt with basic cyber capabilities can trace an IP in an hour,” he said.Dhami called on the government, police, and cyber branch to act swiftly and transparently. “We have activated our internal cyber teams, but this responsibility lies with the state. The culprits must be exposed without delay”, said he.He said they went to the media to convey the message “Jago, Sovo Na” (wake up, don’t sleep), adding, “We cannot afford to be silent when our sacred place is under threat.”