Sotheby’s, one of the biggest auction house of London, has announced that the rare body armour did not belong to the tenth Guru Guru Gobind Singh Ji, SGPC in Amritsar has constitued a six-number committe to ascertain the genuineness of the relic.
The six members of the committee are Dr Jasdev Singh rai of UK, Baba Mohinder Singh of Nishkam Seva of UK, Dr. Kharak singh of Chandigarh, Dr. Gurnek Singh & Dr. Sukhdayal Singh of Punjabi University, Patiala & Dr. B.S. Dhillon.
Earlier, SGPC president Avtar Singh had sent a missive to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with copies to the UK High Commission, to halt the auction of the rare body armour believed to be that of the Tenth Guru. The rare relic is kept in the
Sotheby’s museum where it is planned to be auctioned on April 9. SGPC secretary Harbeant Singh said the members would coordinate to ascertain whether the armour belonged to Guru Gobind Singh Ji or not. the members would visit London for this pupose.
