Chandigarh, Aug 22 (Reporter) Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday appealed to Union External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar to take up the issue of the release of two Swaroops of Guru Granth Sahib from police custody in Qatar. In a letter to the union minister, she said the 'Sikh Sangat’ of Qatar was perturbed at the manner in which two Swaroops of Guru Granth Sahib had been seized around eight months back. She said 'Prakash’ of the holy book was being done at two separate places in Doha since the last nearly 35 years. Asserting that the holy books were being treated as case properties, Badal said the ‘sangat’ of Doha was making all efforts to get the Holy Books released from state custody, but to no avail. “This has caused significant stress to the Sikhs in Qatar and elsewhere”, she added. Badal also urged the minister to direct the Indian Embassy in Qatar to take up the issue with the Qatari government so that all formalities for the release of the two Swaroops of the Holy book could be done at the earliest. “The Embassy may also assure Sikhs in Qatar that it will try its best to ensure they are allowed freedom to profess their religion”, she said. Besides, she appealed to him to take up the issue of establishment of Gurdwaras in Qatar so that Sikhs could practice their religion freely. “Sikhs feel that they too should be allowed to worship in Gurdwaras in the same manner as Christians. As Gurdwaras are allowed in some other Islamic countries including neighbouring Dubai (UAE), the Qatari government may also be requested to allow the Sikh community to establish its own gurdwaras on the same pattern in Qatar”, she said...////...