Ram Rahim guilty of rape: Followers go on rampage, burn down public properties
25 Aug 2017 7:23 PM IST25 Aug 2017 7:23 PM IST
The Haryana Police has taken Gurmeet to Rohtak's Police Training College in Sunaria.
A Dera Sacha Sauda sect supporter braves water cannon used by Indian security forces to disperse violent supporters near a court in Panchkula. (Photo: AP)- Followers of Ram Rahim pelting stones as security personnel in violence following court verdict in the rape trial of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim. (Photo: PTI)
- Police personnel take stock of the security situation at Amritsar railway station on Friday in view of apprehensions of unrest due to the verdict in a case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
- Meanwhile, security has been tightened across Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, bordering areas of Uttar Pradesh in the wake of the violence in Haryana.
- The Haryana Police has detained as many as 1000 Dera followers, agitating against the conviction of Gurmeet, in Panchkula.
- Additional Chief Secretary to Haryana government Ram Niwas said the government will compensate for the losses of media personnel and the properties of others.
- Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have appealed to the public to maintain peace after violence in Haryana and Punjab.
- Vehicles set alight by Dera Sacha Sauda sect members burn in the streets of Panchkula. Riots have broken out in the Haryana city after a court convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief of raping two of his followers. Mobs also attacked journalists and set fire to government buildings and railway stations.
- The agitating Dera followers resorted to damaging public and private properties as well as attacking media persons.
A Dera Sacha Sauda sect supporter braves water cannon used by Indian security forces to disperse violent supporters near a court in Panchkula. (Photo: AP)
The Haryana Police has taken Gurmeet to Rohtak's Police Training College in Sunaria.
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