Dera violence: Police rubbishes reports of summoning sect committee members
India | October 06, 2017 17:48 ISTPolice said that Honeypreet was not cooperating with the officials during interrogation.
Police said that Honeypreet was not cooperating with the officials during interrogation.
The Haryana Police have booked Honeypreet on charges of inciting violence, sedition and conspiracy to help Ram Rahim escape after his conviction.
A CBI special court in Panchkula had on August 25 convicted Ram Rahim in the 1999 rape cases. He was later sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment.
Manohar Lal Khattar also took a swipe at the media for incorrectly breaking the news about the quantum of sentence given to rape convict Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim.
Violence had broken out in Panchkula after the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in rape case by Special CBI Court on August 25.
The dera, spread over nearly 800 acres, has been divided into ten zones for the purpose of sanitisation and searches, with each zone under the control of a senior officer.
During the last Assembly polls in Haryana, the Dera head had announced support to the BJP.
The sanitisation exercise is being conducted amid tight security by police and paramilitary personnel, besides senior officials of various government departments.
Ram Rahim was convicted on two counts of rape of two female disciples in 1999 by a CBI special court in Panchkula on August 25. He was later sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment.
At least 38 people had died and 264 were injured in large-scale violence by Dera supporters following the conviction of the Dera chief on August 25.
Ram Rahim was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping two of his female disciples by a special CBI court on August 28.
The special CBI judge will tomorrow pronounce the sentence against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, convicted of raping his two women followers.
Following the attack, curfew was reimposed in Sirsa, reported ANI. Earlier today, curfew was relaxed for five hours in and around the headquarters of Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa, two days after restrictions were imposed on August 24
Violence had broken out in Haryana and Punjab yesterday, in which over 30 persons lost their lives, following a special CBI court in Panchkula pronouncing Dera Sacha Sauda chief guilty in a rape case.
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