November 11, 2015 12:08 PM

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Leaders of some Sikh outfits, hardline groups taken into preventive custody

The leaders of some Sikh outfits and hardline groups were taken into preventive custody early today in Punjab in apprehension of breach of peace after a call that the newly-appointed jathedars would address the community from the Akal Takht.<br/><br/>Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) President Simranjit Singh<br/><br/>Mann and United Akali Dal leader Bhai Mokham Singh, the key organisers of yesterday's 'Sarbat Khalsa' a grand assembly of Sikhs, were taken into preventive custody by the police.<br/><br/>Police said that the security in Amritsar, especially in and around the Golden Temple complex, had been strengthened.<br/><br/>Amritsar Police Commissioner, J S Aulakh said, Mann and Bhai Mokham Singh have been taken into preventive custody.<br/><br/>He said that "the situation in Amritsar was "peaceful and under control."

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