Dera violence: Two including incharge of Panchkula Dera centre held
India | Sep 09, 2017, 05:19 PM ISTViolence had broken out in Panchkula after the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in rape case by Special CBI Court on August 25.
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.
In November 2014, a two-week tense standoff between some of the self-styled godman Rampal's followers and the police in Hisar had led to the death of five women and a child.
The directive comes a day after widespread violence and arson following the conviction of sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case led to at least 30 people being killed and 250 injured.
In neighbouring Punjab, authorities have relaxed curfew at all places, except in Patiala as Ram Rahim’s followers are expected to cross the town while returning to Sirsa.
With this, the total number of deaths in the violence that broke out after the Dera Sacha Sauda head was convicted of rape by a court in Panchkula has risen to 33 -- four in Sirsa, the headquarters of the sect, and 29 in Panchkula.
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