Pakistani citizen Khizar Hayat pleaded guilty to insulting Gutka Sahib in Australia

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Gutka Sahib Desecration: Pakistani citizen Khizar Hayat has confessed to the crime of insulting Gutka Sahib and posting its video on TikTok. Khizar Hayat had insulted Gutka Sahib outside a Gurudwara in Canning Well, Perth, Australia. After the video surfaced, people from other communities including the Sikh community had also expressed their objection and strong displeasure over it and demanded concrete action.

Perth court found Pakistani citizen Khizar Hayat guilty. The court has given strict bail to Khizar Hayat on a bond of $10,000 and has also imposed many conditions. Khizar Hayat has been banned from using social media and will also have to report to the police every day. He has also been banned from leaving Australia.

When will the sentence be pronounced?

More than 50 members of the Sikh community gathered at the Armadale Magistrates Court to testify against Khizar Hayat. People of the Sikh community said that considering the seriousness of the crime, giving him bail with a fine is very less. However, Pakistani national Khizar Hayat, found guilty in this case, will be sentenced next month.

What is the matter?

This incident happened in front of Canning Well Gurudwara. In the video shared on TikTok, it is seen that Khizar Hayat threw the revered Sikh scripture Gutka Sahib on the ground, stepped on it, tore the pages, flushed some parts down the toilet and set some of them on fire.

What is Gutka Sahib?

Gutka Sahib is considered very respected in the Sikh community. this lesson It is a brief description consisting of a hymn or bani selected from the scriptures. By insulting Gutka Sahib The Sikh community suffered deep emotional pain.

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