[3] The first incident of desecration was reported from Bargari, Faridkot district, where 110 torn Angs (pages) of the holy Book were found on 12 October.
[5] On the afternoon of 1 June 2015, the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture, was taken from a gurdwara in a village called Burj Jawahar Singh Wala in Faridkot district, Punjab.
On 5 June, several Sikh leaders, including Baljit Singh Daduwal, gave an ultimatum to the police to find the culprits.
[6] On the morning of 12 October 2015, more than 110 Angs of the Guru Granth Sahib were found lying on the ground in front of a gurdwara in Bargari, Faridkot district.
The members of some Sikh religious organisation arrived in the town and in the evening a protest march carrying the torn Angs was held.
[7] 39 Angs of the Gur Granth Sahib were found torn in Bath village in Tarn Taran district.
[7] In Kotli Ablu village in Muktsar, a gurdwara caught fire and its Bir of the Guru Granth Sahib were burnt to ashes.
[13] The Senior Superintendent of Police of Faridkot, S. S. Mann, said that some of the protestors were armed with sharp weapons and told the government to put a ban on the Sikh Kirpan.
[15] On 16 October 2015, the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal ordered the withdrawal of charges against the arrested protesters.
[16] Also on 16 October, in face of the protests, the Akal Takht revoked the pardon given to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the leader of Dera Sacha Sauda, on 24 September 2015.
On 19 October 2015, Jagdeep Singh, 30, a gurdwara granthi (priest) was arrested from Nijjapura village in Amritsar district.
On the same day, in Nagoke of Tarn Taran district a man was caught by the village attempting to commit desecration of the holy book.
He was beaten up and handed over to three members of the Satkar Committee, a vigilante group,[21] and the man later identified as one Malkit Singh, 34, could not be traced by the police.
[20] The same day Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal announced that the World Kabaddi Cup that was to be held in Punjab in November has been cancelled.
A granthi (priest) Jagdish Singh and his wife Lakhwinder Kaur were arrested from Nijjarpura village in Jandiala for damaging gutkas and pothis.
[25] Also on 25 October, Suresh Arora was appointed the new Director General of Police (DGP) replacing Sumedh Singh Saini.
[33] Various members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) also submitted their resignations in protest, accusing the government of failing to protect the holy books.
[34][33] On 19 October 2015, about 1000 Canadian Sikhs held a candlelight vigil in British Columbia to mark their protest against the desecrations and the police action in Punjab.
Canadian Minister Rob Nicholson said that the media blackout and police action against peaceful protestors was appalling.