AMRITSAR, Dec. 9 -- Akal Takht on Monday pronounced religious punishments (tankhah) for Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) vice-chancellor Karamjit Singh, Punjab language department director Jaswant Singh, former jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha, and preacher Harinder Singh after they appeared before the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs in Amritsar and tendered written apologies for actions deemed objectionable by the Sikh clergy.

The punishments were issued during a meeting of the Sikh clergy, led by Akal Takht officiating jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj.

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