Head of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a self-styled godman, has been moved to a prison in Haryana’s Rohtak after he was found guilty of raping two women followers in 2002. Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was Friday late night moved to a makeshift prison cell inside Rohtak’s Sunariya Jail after spending a few hours at an air-conditioned police guesthouse next to the prison complex.
At least 30 people were killed and over 250 injured in widespread violence that erupted soon after godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim was convicted of rape by CBI court in Panchkula.
Police and paramilitary tried to control the violence using teargas shells and firing. Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is currently lodged in a special jail in Rohtak.
