Police registered a case on Wednesday after pages of a Sikh religious book were found scattered near the old civil hospital building in Punjab's Phagwara.
Some sweepers found pages of 'Gutka Sahib' scattered under a tree near the hospital, police said.
Police said a case under relevant sections, including 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against unknown persons.
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According to locals, some sweepers found pages of 'Gutka Sahib' scattered under a tree near the old civil hospital's abandoned building. A few pages were torn, said Baljit Singh who runs a shop in the area.
Station House Officer (city) Amandeep Nahar said they were scanning the CCTV footage of the area to trace those who carried out the "sacrilege" incident.
The culprits will be arrested soon, he added.
Meanwhile, Sukhdev Singh Khalsa, convener of NGO 'Sikhs for Equality', asked the authorities to arrest the culprits.
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