Panth Rattan Shiri Gurcharan Singh Tohra (24 September 1924 – 1 April 2004) was a former president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), a Sikh body in charge of controlling Gurdwara (Sikh places of worship).
By using witness accounts, the SGPC has alleged that material from the library was taken in gunny sacks on military truck to Amritsar's Youth Club, a temporary office of the Central Bureau of Investigation, and the empty library was burned by the army afterwards.
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Since 1988, the SGPC has written to the Central Government asking for the return of the material taken by the CBI but has only received minor office files.
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On May 23, 2000 George Fernandes wrote to the SGPC Secretary, Gurbachan Singh Bachan, and acknowledged that the Indian Army had taken taken the books and other documents from the Sikh Reference Library and handed them over to the CBI.