Farooq faces Sikh ire

By Our Special Correspondent

JAMMU, FEB. 5. The Chief Minister, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, today faced the ire of hundreds of Sikhs at the Mehjoor Nagar Gurdwara in Srinagar. The Sikhs had gathered to protest the killing of six of their community on Saturday. Dr. Abdullah arrived along with the Governor, Mr. G.C. Saxena, and a Central team led by the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mr. S.S. Dhindsa.

The youth in particular turned violent when they saw the Chief Minister arrive at the Gurdwara to extend sympathies to the community. He was accompanied by Mr. Saxena, Mr. Dhindsa, the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta, the Minority Commission Vice-chairperson, Mr. Trilochan Singh, and senior BJP leaders Mr. Vijay Kumar Malhotra and Mr. S.S. Ahluwalia, but Dr. Abdullah was singled out and not allowed to enter the Gurdwara. However, his security guards, with the help of elderly Sikhs, managed to help him in.

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