India, May 7 -- Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, on Wednesday condemned the Pakistani shelling on Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Poonch town of Jammu region that claimed four lives, including that of raagi (devotional singer) Amrik Singh.

Four members of the Sikh community were among 12 civilians killed in Pakistani shelling in Poonch district after India carried out missile strikes under Operation Sindoor against nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) early on Wednesday.

Besides Amrik Singh, the gurdwara raagi, Amarjeet Singh, an ex-serviceman, Ranjeet Singh, a Poonch shop owner, and Mankote resident Balvinder Kour, alias Ruby, were killed in the cross-LoC shelling.

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