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London, Dec 20 (PTI) Britain’s first Sikh female member of Parliament and member of the shadow cabinet, Preet Kaur Gill, came under fire on social media over a tweet she later deleted that referred to a Hindu terrorist behind the killing of a man at Golden Temple in Amritsar.<\/p>\n
The man, reportedly beaten to death on Saturday for “sacrilege”, had allegedly barged into the inner sanctum where the Guru Granth Sahib is kept and grabbed a ceremonial sword placed next to the book before being overpowered by guards and worshippers.<\/p>\n
Responding to a video related to the incident posted on Twitter by UK immigration lawyer Harjap Bhangal, Labour MP Gill went on to agree with his message that it was a clear act of terrorism .<\/p>\n
The shadow international development secretary’s now deleted Twitter post read: Hindu terrorist prevented from an act of violence at the Sikh Holy shrine of Harminder Sahib (Golden Temple) against Sikhs.<\/p>\n
It attracted outrage on social media, with some questioning if the politician was trying to make this communal?<\/p>\n
The High Commission of India in London also condemned the tweet and raised concerns over its impact on the Indian diaspora communities in the UK.<\/p>\n
High Commission of India is constrained to unequivocally repudiate the public comment by a Member of the British Parliament regarding a crime that occurred in India even before the Indian law enforcement authority could investigate or comment or declare their finding, an Indian High Commission spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The High Commission of India is concerned at the effect that such commentary by a foreign MP may have on inter communal harmony and peace in the British Indian community, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The tweet, from Saturday, seems to have been deleted soon after by the MP for Birmingham Edgbaston to be replaced with a more general comment about places of worship.<\/p>\n
No place of worship or community should be targeted in this way. Awful scenes from Harmandir Sahib, reads her new tweet.<\/p>\n
Local police in Amritsar say the man was found dead when officers arrived at the scene and an investigation is underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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