POLICE TO DOUBLE REWARD FOR INFO ON ADITYA INSAN

CHANDIGARH : Haryana police has decided to double the reward money from ₹1 lakh to 2 lakh for information leading to the arrest of absconding Dera Sacha Sauda functionary Aditya Insan, who is alleged to be a key culprit behind the mob violence on August 25.

Panchkula police said on Tuesday that besides Aditya Insan, three other key accused were evading arrest.

“We have recommended to the government that the reward money in case of Aditya Insan be doubled from ₹1 lakh.

As regards the other three accused, the reward money leading to their arrest will remain ₹50,000. The informer’s name will be kept secret,” Panchkula DCP Manbir Singh said over the phone.

Aditya Insan was named a key accused by the Haryana Police in connection with incidents of violence that followed Sirsa Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s conviction in a rape case.

In September, a lookout notice was issued against Aditya Insan, who was a spokesman of the Dera then. Manbir Singh said that Haryana police had also pasted posters of the four wanted persons at several locations including five in Uttar Pradesh.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Panchkula police was also carrying out raids at various places to trace Aditya Insan.

Recently, the state was pulled up by a full bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for its failure to nab Aditya Insan.

BESIDES ADITYA INSAN, 3 OTHER KEY ACCUSED ARE EVADING ARREST; THE REWARD MONEY LEADING TO THEIR ARREST WILL REMAIN ₹50,000