Orlando: Sikhs extend helping hand

WASHINGTON: Baljit Singh, an Orlando restaurateur, has been working the phones since he came to know of the mass shootings at Pulse nightclub to offer the Sikh community’s

WASHINGTON: Baljit Singh, an Orlando restaurateur, has been working the phones since he came to know of the mass shootings at Pulse nightclub to offer the Sikh community’s help .

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“We want to be in the first row to tell Orlando we are a part of the community and are ready and willing to help,” he said, adding he had been asked by authorities to wait.

Orlando’s Sikhs — an estimated 125 families — have offered help through their two gurdwaras. “We want to help any which way we can,” said Harjit Singh, a priest at Gurdwara Nanaksar Florida. The Sikhs have offered to raise money for food and donate blood for the injured, Singh said.

Plans are afoot for a candlelight procession to demonstrate “our support to the community”.