Chandigarh: Security forces were on high alert again on Sunday in Haryana and Punjab as both states braced for the announcement of quantum of sentence tomorrow against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
CBI judge Jagdeep Singh on Friday had held Ram Rahim guilty of rape in a case that was registered on the basis of an anonymous written complaint in 2002 that he had sexually exploited two female followers.
Minutes after he was convicted, his followers who had gathered in thousands over past few days in Panchkula, unleashed mayhem.
More than 30 people died in the violence which broke out at Panchkula and Sirsa.
Following are the security arrangements that have been put in place for tomorrow:
- A multi-layer security cordon has been thrown around the Rohtak district jail.
- The CBI special court judge will be flown to pronounce the quantum of sentence against Ram Rahim Singh.
- Several security barricades have been set up along the route leading to the prison complex.
- Police and paramilitary forces were maintaining a strict vigil and various 'nakas' have been set up in entire Rohtak.
- Rohtak Range IG Navdeep Virk said today that "there has been a complete clampdown on Dera centres (Naam Charcha Ghars) and all important functionaries who could gather people have been put under preventive detention in the entire state."
- Rohtak Deputy Commissioner, Atul Kumar, said that the police and paramilitary forces were fully prepared to tackle any situation.
- Kumar said every person entering Rohtak from outside was being checked at several places.
- If during checking, any person fails to produce proof of identity or specify reason for visiting the district, then he would be taken into custody, he said in an official release.
- Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) prohibiting assembly of five or more persons, and carrying of firearms and other weapons is already in place in Rohtak.
(With PTI inputs)
