New Delhi: An illegal explosive factory used to make crackers was found inside Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near Haryana’s Sirsa this morning, the second day of a search operation being carried out by hundreds of security personnel and local administration. The factory has now been sealed.
Earlier, the Haryana Police had arrested at least three Dera Sacha Sauda followers for hatching conspiracy of trying to help Gurmeet Ram Rahim escape from Panchkula during agitation. Ram Rahim is in jail after being convicted for rape.
A team of experts was called in to probe the skeletons that have been recovered.
The Haryana Police decided to dig up a mass grave inside the Dera complex after some people, who were earlier associated with the sect but left it later, alleged that the sect chief got those killed who opposed his activities and got them buried inside the campus of the sect.
The search operation to sanitise the sect premises started yesterday with a few computers, a luxurious black car and huge amount of cash being seized. According to sources, the search teams had also found hundreds of pairs of shoes, designer clothes and colourful caps of the jailed Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
Locksmiths, forensic experts and dog squads were called in to assist in the comprehensive search. Internet services in Sirsa district were suspended by local authorities. 41 paramilitary companies, four Army columns, cops from as many districts, a SWAT team, and a dog squad were deployed for the search of the Dera headquarters.
Bomb disposal squads and commandos were also deployed inside the sect premises as a preventive measure.
This post was published on September 9, 2017 6:57 pm