The controversy stems from alleged record manipulation, and missing inventory flagged in an Akal Takht-mandated inquiry, with courts denying bail and police citing custodial interrogation to trace saroops and destroyed records.
Giani Raghbir Singh was speaking at a function organised to pay tribute to Gajinder Singh, a Khalistani terrorist who led the group that highjacked an Indian Airlines plane to Lahore in 1981 and demanded the release of Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. He died in Lahore on 3rd July.
In direct support to Canada's allegations, the Sikh religious body said that everything said by the Prime Minister (Trudeau) in the Parliament (House of Commons) cannot be rejected easily
The scam was exposed by the SGPC flying squad (an investigation wing). They found out that the alleged scam continued for more than three years from April 2019 to December 2022.