EDITOR-IN-CHIEF VINAY KOCHHAR SPECIAL REPORT.CHANDIGARH.
Prophet Bajinder Singh, who has been convicted in a rape case by a Mohali court, was born in a Jat family in Yamunanagar, Haryana. In the early 2000s, he was sent to jail on murder charges. He developed relations with many political people and officials and the number of people coming to his meetings kept increasing. Bajinder had adopted Christianity in jail itself. After being released, Bajinder Singh started holding prayer meetings in the year 2012.
Bajinder Singh founded the Church of Glory and Wisdom in Tajpur village of Jalandhar in the year 2016. His church has 260 branches across the country. The largest church is in New Chandigarh, Mohali. He claims miraculous healings, thousands of people flock to his meetings.
There is also a YouTube channel in the name of Prophet Bajinder Singh, on which he has about 37 lakh subscribers. Bajinder Singh also has branches abroad, including America, Israel, Mauritius, Malaysia, Australia.
Popularity gained from Mere Yashu-Yashu
Bajinder, who calls himself a prophet, claims to cure people from HIV, dumbness and many other things. He got a lot of popularity from Mere Yashu-Yashu. Pastor Bajinder, the founder of The Church of Glory and Wisdom in Jalandhar, has been in controversies. Bajinder Singh was also accused of rape in the year 2018, which was leveled by a woman resident of Zirakpur, Punjab. In this case, the police had registered a case and arrested Bajinder, but later he got bail. Now Bajinder Singh has been found guilty by the court in this case. A case has also been registered against Bajinder in Kapurthala.
Wrong messages sent to the woman several times
In the FIR lodged, the woman has said that she joined the team of Bajinder Singh’s church in the year 2017. It has been alleged in the FIR that in the year 2022, the accused started molesting the victim and also sent wrong messages several times. The woman told that in December 2017, she started going to a satsang called Glory of Wisdom Church located in Tajpur village of Jalandhar district, in 2020 she joined the team of this church and came to the notice of Pastor Bajinder. The pastor took her mobile number and started chatting with her, the accused also sent inappropriate messages on the phone several times.
Attempt to hug the woman
According to the woman, Pastor Bajinder Singh had threatened her that if she told anyone about this, she and her family members would be killed. In the year 2022, Pastor Bajinder Singh tried to hug this woman and touched her in a dirty manner. The pastor was caught at Delhi airport when he was going to London, he was acquitted when the charges were not proved. In September 2022, a Delhi family had alleged that Bajinder asked them for money to treat their cancer-stricken daughter with prayers, but she could not survive. In the year 2023, the Income Tax Department raided the places associated with Bajinder Singh in Jalandhar.
Video of assault on youth goes viral
Pastor Bajinder Singh’s 6 minute 26 second video of assault is going viral. It shows that Pastor Bajinder is sitting on his chair in the office and three women are sitting on the sofa in front. On the other side, some youths are sitting on chairs, during the conversation, the pastor attacked a young man by throwing a phone and hit the young man’s head with a purse like item kept nearby. Bajinder slapped the young man 10-12 times continuously. After this, he threatened the woman by pointing a finger at her, then there was an argument between the woman and the pastor and it came to a scuffle. The priest was seen pushing and grabbing the woman by the throat. Some people tried to calm the situation.