News
07 June 2009
Tribute to Sant
Rama Nand Maharaj Ji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA5VoI2uofA
Followers pay last respects to Rama Nand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muwB1s0hAcU
Body of Slain Dera leader lands in New Delhi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmmy2Yb3l5Q
Sant Ramanand's body arrives in Jalandhar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_VO0oOuuok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycrASQLMGok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeRA7o6hK78
02 June 2009
Murdered
guru is laid out in Vienna
By
Thomas Hochwarter
Ceremony
for guru Sant Rama Anand at the Zentralfriedhof.
Motiv of attackers
still unclear to police.
a few
hours after the attack from gun shots to his chest and back.
His body
will be laid out at the Zentralfriedhof cemetery
from 4pm. City
officials said they
had responded to the
wish of the Sikh
Safety precautions
Austrian and Indian authorities are currently negotiating
safety
measures
for the mourning procedure, according to
spokesman
Michael Takacs. Takacs said
the autopsy was finished but
details
regarding the transport of the body to the Indian province
of
guru
could already be buried this Thursday.
Parkash
Singh Badal, head of the provincial government,
said
there will be an official funeral ceremony for Sant
Rama Anand.
Medics at the Hanusch hospital
meanwhile said the condition
of
injured Sant Niranjan Dass is improving. The 68-year-old guru could be
released
and capable of travelling to
Around 15 people had been injured, most of them believers
who
attended
the Mass in the temple in
when
six people attacked the two gurus and people in the crowd.
It is however still
not been clarified what the motives of the attackers were.
Austrian police
expressed their doubts about the validity of an e-mail which
was
sent to a
called Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF)
took responsibility for the attacks.
Instead, police
assume that the attacks were sparked by rivalry between different
sects
within the Austrian Sikh movement. "Professional terrorists do not turn up
with a rusty,
old
9mm gun,” one investigator was quoted, referring to the seized weapons.
Those included, apart from the gun, a few knives and a pan
which was
presumably used
by panicking believers to hit the attackers.
300 forensic clues
Some 300 traces were secured at the temple in Pelzgasse,
meaning it
could take months before first results of investigations will be announced.
Viennese police have come under fire in connection with the
incident for allegedly being
understaffed
on weekends. And the attack in the temple near Westbahnhof
was
ammunition
enough for
FPÖ boss Heinz-Christian Strache
claimed the SPÖ
"policy of open doors” would "lead into chaos and
multicultural crime."
Printausgabe vom 02.06.2009
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4082&Alias=wzo&cob=417212
02 June 2009
Chartered
plane to bring home Sant Ramanand’s
remains
The
of Sant Ramanand Maharaj
from Austria.Principal secretary
to
Chief Minister Darbara Singh Guru would also be
leaving for
Sant Baba
Niranjan Dass, who was
seriously injured
during the
attack at a holy place in
would also be
returning to
Sant Niranjan Dass and Guru would then
fly alongwith the
body by a
chartered helicopter from
Dera Sachkhand Ballan in Jalandhar district.
Harcharan Bains, media advisor to Chief Minister, Punjab,
said that
all arrangements for bringing the body to
by the
the
Chief Minister, Prakash Singh Badal
said that the
Government
was aware that some elements were trying to
create
social tension by floating wild rumours and whipping up
communal passions and
that the people should join hands to defeat these forces.
http://newshopper.sulekha.com/news/chartered-plane-to-bring-home-sant-ramanand-s-remains.htm
Khalistan Zindabad
Force claims responsibility for attack on Sikh place of worship in Vienna
According
to information posted on the London-based
Akash Radio Website, the Khalistan Zindabad
Force (KZF)
has claimed responsibility for the May 24 attacks on a Gurdwara
(Sikh
place of worship) in
The
Website claimed that it had received an e-mail,
written on the KZF’s letterhead, was
signed by one
Ranjit Singh. The KZF is said to have said the incident
occurred because “these people did not heed to the warnings
that they should not disrespect Guru Granth Sahibji by
sitting parallel to Sri Guru Granth Sahibji letting people bow
before them in the Guru Sahib’s presence and committing
various unacceptable anti-maryada
(Sikh code of conduct) acts.
As
they continued to commit such sins, the KZF was forced to take this action.”
Meanwhile,
another outlawed militant outfit, the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI),
which also figures on the
killing of Sant Rama Nand
in
BKI
chief Wadhawa Singh Babbar
said in an e-mail that the entire
Sikh Panth regretted the attack on Sant
Niranjan Das and Sant Rama Nand.
The
e-mail said: “Everyone knows that this attack was not done by the Sikh Panth.
Indian
agencies are behind this attack and they are trying to split the
Ravidasiya community from
the Sikh Panth. The Khalsa Panth will
continue to cherish this relationship formed since the times of
Guru Nanak Devji…
The Khalsa Panth requests the Ravidasiya community to maintain peace.
The Khalsa Panth will always stand by
the Ravidasiya community
and will not let the Indian agencies succeed in their mal-intensions.”
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=5/27/2009#14
26th
May 2009
“Mr Badal has offered to hold a
ceremonial
state
funeral for Mr Ramanand,
who died
in a
The chief minister also confirmed that the
Indian government would arrange to fly his body back to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8068459.stm
25th
May 2009
With deepest regret
we are informing
you of the demise of
Guru Sant Rama Anand ji
of Dera Sach Khand
Ballan in Vienna
Guru Sant Nirajnan Das ji, who is in serious but stable condition.
SANT NARANJAN DASS JI SANT RAMA NAND
JI
DERA SACH KHAND BALLAN (JALANDHAR)
