Dera row: SGPC demands probe into Sikh146;s killing

Makkar said Patil had assured that those arrested during protests after the 42-year-old8217;s killing would be let off. He said the protests following the murder were spontaneous as the community was outr-aged at the killing of an innocent person.

On Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray8217;s comments against the violent protests, the SGPC chief said the Sikh community was more concerned than Thackeray about maintaining peace and harmony.

8220;We are thankful to him Thackeray for supporting Sikhs in Mumbai during the 1984 riots,8221; he said. 8220;If there is an attack on one8217;s religion by a person as lowly as Ram Rahim Singh, everyone is bound to feel the same way as the Sikhs.8221;