Amritsar: Fresh protests were triggered inside Amritsar's Golden Temple on Saturday when protesters raised pro-Khalistan slogans inside the temple and clashed with police.
Police have tightened security and the situation is stated to be under control. Some miscreants have also been arrested for questioning.
According to police, the incident took place as members of the SGPC's Task Force resorted to lathicharge on a group of 22 Sikh youths who were raising pro-Khalistan slogans on the periphery of the temple near Akal Takht in connection with the 31st anniversary of Operation Bluestar.
Five of the protesting youths were injured in the action with two of them sustaining head injuries.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Parmpal Singh said that trouble started as the group of 22 people raised pro-Khalistan slogans and were joined in it by some Sikh youths who had come to the temple.
That prompted the SGPC Task Force members to disperse them and the slogan-chanting youths were forced to move outside Golden Temple, where all 22 of them were taken into preventive custody by police.
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