Dera Sacha Sauda chief verdict: Haryana CM reviews security

Chandigarh Aug 18 (IANS) Sensing law and order problem ahead of a court verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday held a high-level meeting here to review the security arrangements.

Chief Secretary D.S Dhesi told reporters here that the Chief Minister held a meeting with top police and administrative officials and reviewed the arrangements to deal with any situation that may arise following the verdict on August 25.

A Special Central Bureau of Investigation court in adjoining Panchkula in the state will pronounce its verdict in the rape case against Dera chief on August 25. The case hearing has been going on since 2007.

The sect chief who has lakhs of followers in Punjab Haryana and other states has been accused by a former female follower of raping her more than once inside the sprawling Dera campus on the outskirts of Sirsa town in Haryana 260 km from Chandigarh.

--IANS
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