Cabinet condoles shootout incident in Oak Creek gurdwara

Chandigarh, August 28, 2012: At the very outset, the Punjab Cabinet today deeply mourned the unfortunate shootout incident at Oak Creek Gurdwara in Wisconsin (US) on August 6 in which six innocent Sikhs were killed. 

Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the CMO said that the Council of Ministers under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal shared heartfelt sympathies with the members of bereaved families in this hour of crisis.  

The Cabinet also appreciated the US administration for extending all necessary logistic and diplomatic support in providing relief and succour to the families of the victims. 

Meanwhile, the Cabinet also observed two minutes silence in the memory of the deceased and prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed souls besides giving strength to the family members to bear this huge loss.