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SGPC renovates headquarters first time since Operation Bluestar

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Amritsar, Nov 03: In the first renovation of its headquarters, Teja Singh Samundri Hall, since army action in the 1984 Operation Bluestar, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has preserved the bullet marks on the building. The hall is inside the Golden Temple Complex.

Most bullet marks have been preserved inside metallic circles, only a few are left to be covered. The bullet marks that riddle the front walls at the entrance to the hall and elsewhere, have been preserved as the building is vital evidence in the Rs 1,000-crore compensation claim that the SGPC is fighting in the Supreme Court against the Central government.

Originally, the case was filed in 1998 in an Amritsar court when late Gurcharan Singh Tohra was the SGPC president. After the demise of Tohra, the SGPC withdrew the case from this court and filed it before the Supreme Court.

“Preserving these marks was the need of the hour. So, any renovation is done with advice of experts,” said Roop Singh, secretary, SGPC.

News Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com

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