Amritsar, May 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) has issued a notice to the state government in connection with the "extra-judicial killing" of former Akal Takht jathedar Gurdev Singh Kaunke over three decades ago. The case, which will be heard on July 28, was filed by Kanuke's son Hari Singh. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Wednesday said the SGPC, with the support of the former jathedar's family, had on January 14, 2024, submitted an application to register a case against those responsible. "However, due to the anti-Sikh intentions of the Punjab government, the application was dismissed," he said. Kaunke was appointed as acting jathedar of the highest Sikh temporal seat with the support of pro-Khalistan groups during a "sarbat khalsa" (grand Sikh assembly) on January 26, 1986, when militancy was at its peak in Punjab. On December 25, 1992, the police took him away from his house. He never returned. It is alleged that he was tortured brutally in custody and murdered in January 1993. In 1999, the then Punjab ADGP (security), BP Tiwari, conducted an inquiry and submitted his report after which it was buried under the files of the state government. The report questions the role of the police....