Ram Rahim case: 2 Dera Sacha Sauda ashrams sealed

August 26, 2017 11:12

A day after violence over the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh killed 31 people, the Haryana administration has sealed two of the sects ashrams in Kurukshetra, while 15 Dera followers were detained from its Sirsa headquarters.

Security forces are on high alert today in Panchkula as an uneasy calm prevailed in the district, the epicentre of yesterday's violence triggered by the rape conviction of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

Meanwhile, the people of Haryana said that the violence is a reuslt of the failure of the government. The Dera supporters should never have been allowed inside the state and Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Home Minister Rajnath Singh should both resign, they said. The people want president's rule to be imposed in Haryana.

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