This is the first killing of a sacrilege accused after the Punjab government notified the new stringent law in April this year prescribing stringent punishment, including life imprisonment, for acts of sacrilege involving Guru Granth Sahib

Mewa Singh, accused in a 2020 sacrilege case, was beheaded by an unknown assailant in Punjab.

Mewa Singh was at home with his family when the assailant allegedly scaled the boundary wall, entered the house, and attacked him. He succumbed to his injuries. | India News