India, May 20 -- Golden Temple head granthi (priest) Giani Raghbir Singh on Tuesday refuted the statement of Lieutenant General Sumer Ivan D'Cunha, the army's in-charge of air defence, that he had permitted the deployment of air defence guns in the shrine complex to counter potential drone and missile threats from Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.

In an exclusive interview with ANI on Monday, Lieutenant General D'Cunha had said, "It was very nice that the head granthi of the Golden Temple allowed us to deploy our guns." He said the unprecedented cooperation from the Golden Temple authorities came after they were briefed on the gravity of the threat, following which Indian Army guns were deployed. Prior to him, Major General Kartik C Ses...