Elderly Sikh Man Dies in a Gurdwara Meeting -
Corrupt Gurdwara Committee continued meeting and voting
despite someone dying in front of them
Leamington & Warwick Gurdwara Sahib
Leamington Spa, UK (March 3, 2013) – Today an elderly Amritdhari Sikh gentleman died of what seems to be a heart attack as a result of stress caused by a Gurdwara meeting being hosted by the corrupt Management Committee of Leamington & Warwick Gurdwara Sahib. It has been widely reported in the past few years how Leamington & Warwick Gurdwara Sahib has been infiltrated by agents of the Indian Government and anti-Sikh Congress supporters and trying its best to destroy Sikhi and break people from Gurmat.
The Gurdwara Management Committee held a meeting straight after the Akhand Paath bhog to discuss about changing the banks for the loan outstanding for the Gurdwara building, during which paramedics had to be called to resuscitate an elderly Sikh community member. During this meeting, there were people sitting in the Sangat (congregation) for the change and against it.
The Sangat was supposed to ”vote” on a decision, i.e. to rubber stamp the Management Committee’s decision. However, the corrupt Management Committee had already made up their mind that they were going to change the bank, as this would allow the Community Centre building to become free from the risk of being handed over to the bank in case the loan payments could not be paid. There have been repeated accusations against this current Management Committee that they wish to lease out the Community Centre and old Gurdwara building, and eventually make it a hall for booze and meat parties.
The Management Committee wanted to extend the lifetime of the loan so that the overall payments would be more, but less in the short-term. The Management Committee were selling this change on the fact that the repayments would be less and more manageable.
A few people got up to speak in the Divaan Hall (main prayer hall) where the meeting was taking place. One of these individuals was Bhai Tarlochan Singh, a respect community elder who has been in the forefront in standing for the Panth over the years, who said a few words, but when he went to sit back down he collapsed and went into a cardiac arrest. CPR was commenced and paramedics came. They continued to try to resuscitate him in the Divaan Hall and a second ambulance was called with paramedics. After about 20 minutes, the Gianis started to do Chaupai Sahib Paath and then Simran. Everyone was in shock.
After another 10-15 minutes the paramedics took Bhai Tarlochan Singh into another room to continue working on him in private. In the meantime, a couple of members of the Sangat asked Jaswant Virdee (a Trustee of the Gurdwara), who was in charge of the stage, to postpone any further discussions about changing the banks, as it was wholly inappropriate. However, incredibly, Jaswant Virdee said the vote would go ahead, despite most of the Sangat who were against changing banks had already left the Diwan Hall and were concerned about what was happening to Bhai Tarlochan Singh.
Gurdwara Trustee, Jaswant Virdee, who was managing the stage and carried on with the voting despite of a death on elderly community member in front of his own eyes.
Those who could not care less, voted for the change of banks to proceed and this was passed. There were two observers in the Sangat (invited by the committee), Bilhar Singh (Ramae vala – Badal Akali Dal member) and Sarban Singh (from Coventry), and they were too cold hearted to have any compassion and tell the Gurdwara Management Committee that any discussions must be postponed, given the circumstances.
This seems absolutely against everything Sikhi stands for – Bhai Tarlochan Singh was a most respected, kind-hearted and gentle person, who had so much love for Sikhi and would do anything to help anyone in need. He has sadly passed away. According to the paramedics the cardiac arrest was most likely brought on by the stress. The stress which caused the death of an elderly Sikh man is most likely the stress of the injustices going on at the Leamington & Warwick Gurdwara Sahib – a very sad state of affairs.
Those who are responsible should be ashamed – but they would need to have a conscience in the first place, which is sadly lacking.