Chandigarh, August 25: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was lodged in a makeshift jail at a police training centre (PTC) in Rohtak soon after his conviction in a rape case on Friday.“
Gurmeet Ram Rahim has been put in (special jail at) PTC Sunaria,” Rohtak Deputy Commissioner Atul Kumar told PTI, adding that tight security arrangements had been made.Judge Jagdeep Singh of the CBI special court at Panchkula convicted the Dera head and said the quantum of sentence would be pronounced on August 28, CBI counsel HPS Verma said. “Tight security arrangements have been put in place in Rohtak,” the DC said.
The Haryana Government has established special jails in three districts, a spokesman of the Jails Department said here.The spokesman said these special jails were in Nahar Singh cricket stadium, Faridabad, Sports Stadium, Pundrak in Karnal district and Police Training College (PTC) Rest House, Sunaria, Rohtak district.
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These orders would remain in operation till further orders, he added.
Meanwhile, CBI counsel Verma said Gurmeet Ram Rahim was accompanied by his daughter when he reached the courtroom in Panchkula after travelling from the sect headquarters at Sirsa. At the time of court pronouncing him guilty in the 2002 case, the sect chief appeared “calm and composed”, the CBI counsel said. The 50-year-old Dera head had earlier appealed to his followers to maintain peace. Verma said the Dera head had been found guilty under Section 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
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