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New Delhi: India on Wednesday (July 1) strongly condemned the reported demolition of the 125-year-old Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sahib in Pakistan’s Punjab province, calling it a “targeted act of vandalism” and urging Islamabad to investigate the incident, prosecute those responsible and restore the shrine at the earliest.

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said New Delhi was “deeply distressed” by reports that the historic Sikh place of worship in Farooqabad had been demolished.

“We strongly condemn this highly deplorable and targeted act of vandalism against a revered Sikh shrine,”........

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