Chandigarh, Dec. 30 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said the state government will summon office-bearers and staff members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) who were in service at the time when 328 saroops of Guru Granth Sahib went missing, as part of an ongoing investigation into the case.

Mann's remarks came a day after five Sikh clergy asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to refrain from what they termed interference in the internal affairs of the Sikh community, warning of action under "Panthic" traditions.

On December 7, Amritsar police registered an FIR against 16 persons, including a former SGPC chief secretary, in connection with the disappearance of the saroops in 2020. On December 22,...