New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS): A man was booked on charges of sacrilege involving holy book Rumala sahib from Gurdwara Dhani in Narwana town of Haryana's Jind district.

A 'granthi' (Sikh priest) lodged a complaint in the office of sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) which was later forwarded to Narwana town police.

Later, police on Friday night registered an FIR under sections 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), and 504 (Insult intended to provoke breach of the peace) of the IPC and started further investigation into the matter.

Granthi Gurpreet Singh in his complaint told police that at about 10.45 p.m., he was sitting inside the langar hall, when a man, identified as Sukhjinder alias Bunty, went inside the Gurdwara and stole Rumala Sahib and some other spiritual books.

"When we chased him and asked him to return those books, he threw all the books near the railway station and fled away. This is an incident of sacrilege," Gurpreet Singh in his complaint said.

Police said that they are checking CCTV footage of the entire matter. "We have registered an FIR and teams have been formed to nab the accused," Pawan Kumar, investigating officer said.