Protesting Sirsa dera followers pitch tent on road
JAGERA (LUDHIANA): Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda did not cremate bodies of Satpal Kumar, 65, and his son Ramesh Kumar, 35, who were gunned down by unidentified assailants on Saturday, and continued to block the Malerkotla road at Jagera village, 40km from Ludhiana, on Monday. By the night, vowing not to end the protest until the arrest of the accused, they put up a tent in the middle of the road. Police, meanwhile, were deputed in large numbers as the village remained tense.
At the congregation centre where the murders took place, the bodies — preserved in a freezer — were guarded by the sect’s own security team, ‘Green Force’, and the police weren’t allowed in. Sensing huge crowds, the dera’s medical team was also deputed.
The dera force set up threetier security, with all entrants being frisked at the main gate. ‘Premis’ (as the dera followers are called) said that police and the state government had sent personnel disguised as dera followers inside to keep a tab.
SIRSA: Following the murder of two Dera Sacha Sauda followers at a congregation centre at Jagera village near Malaudh in Khanna on Saturday, the drea has postponed a function to celebrate the “success” of its head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s movie “Hind Ka Napak Ko Jawab: MSG Lion Heart 2”, which was scheduled for Tuesday (February 28).
A dera release said Ram Rahim was hurt over the killing of its followers by unidentified assailants. “The police should arrest the accused immediately,” the press release read.
Dera spokesperson Dilawar Insan said the function to celebrate movie’s “success” postponed and no date has been finalised yet. He also clarified that the function was being organised by owner of Hakikat Entertainment Private Limited, which produces and promotes movies of the dera chief. “Why the company postponed the function is not clear,” he said.