Ram Rahim rape verdict: Dera followers resort to violence in Sirsa

The dera chief Ram Rahim has been found guilty in a rape by a CBI court.

Arson was witnessed in Haryana’s Sirsa after a CBI court held the Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty on Friday afternoon. Earlier there was a silence in Sirsa. However, there are now reports of the dera followers vandalising some vehicles of mediaperons.

Tension prevailed in Sirsa after the court announced dera chief guilty and thousand of followers including women entered inside the Dera Sacha Sauda premises. (Manoj Dhaka/HT)

Thousand of followers including women entered inside the Dera Sacha Sauda premises, and refused to comment over the matter.

AT about 9.15am, when Dera Sacha Sauda cheif Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh left for special CBI court in Panchkula, the dera followers gathered in front of the cars and started weeping so dera chief could not visit the court.

However, the dera cheif Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh left from Sirsa in 200 vehicles using the Nejiyakhera village route and the CBI court hold him guilty in the sexual harrasment case of a sadhvi.

Heavy police force deployment have been made on the way to Dera Sacha Sauda.