[2] The first incident took place on 18 December 2021 at the Amritsar Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, when a man barged into the inner sanctum, where Sikhism's holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, is kept.

[1] The man grabbed a ceremonial sword placed next to the holy book; but was overpowered by Sikh guards and worshippers, and then beaten to death before the Police arrived at the scene.

[3][4] The second lynching incident took place in the early hours of 19 December 2021, when mentally challenged man who was hungry stole a chapati from the gurudwara kitchen.

[7] Meanwhile, the Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh condemned the "sacrilege" attempt at the Golden Temple and sought a thorough investigation.

[8] Further, some intellectuals have noted that the silence of most political leaders on the lynching of the alleged culprits at the holy shrines of the Sikhs, was disturbing.