Gurgaon admn orders freezing of dera accounts
While all eyes are set on the quantum of sentence in the rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Gurgaon district administration has stepped up surveillance at the Dera’s ashram in Sector 50.
Officials collected details of properties, accounts, income sources and assets at Naam Charcha Ghar, the Dera ashram in Sector 50, on Saturday night. The list is to be submitted to the Punjab and Haryana high court.
Following orders of the high court, the district administration, Gurgaon, also advised all regional managers of various banks in the district to freeze, attach and stop operations in all accounts in the name of Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa.
The district administration has assured adequate security measures to prevent untoward incidents, if any, on sentencing day.
Vinay Pratap Singh, deputy commissioner, Gurgaon, said the city is fully under control and residents need not fear any unrest on Monday.
The CBI court will pronounce the quantum of sentence to the Sirsa-based Dera chief, who was convicted in a rape case, going back 15 years, on Friday.
As word of conviction of the Dera chief got out on Friday, his followers went on a rampage at Panchkula, toppling media vans and damaging public property. Even trains and buses were torched