Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 8

The Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, along with his wife Madhulika Rawat paid obeisance at the Golden Temple on Sunday.Talking to mediapersons, he said to create tension in Kashmir, Pakistan had been playing a dubious role in misguiding the youth who indulged in stone-pelting.He said the existing strategy of the Army to tackle militancy in Kashmir was appropriate. “The involvement of Pakistan in creating disturbance cannot be denied,” he said.The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) presented him a replica of the Golden Temple, a siropa and kirpan.SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal and chief secretary Dr Roop Singh raised the issue of missing documents and rare manuscripts of the Sikh Reference Library that were reportedly taken into possession by the Army during Operation Bluestar. General Rawat showed ignorance about it, but promised to look into the matter. “I have no knowledge about it, but will try to locate them,” he said.The SGPC also demanded that the control of Gurdwara Pathar Sahib in Leh, associated with Guru Nanak Dev, should be handed over to it.At present, the gurdwara and its arrangements are under the control of the Army.Later, the Army Chief, his wife and Major General DK Nautiyal visited the Partition Museum.Earlier, he visited the Punjab State War Heroes’ Memorial and Museum.