Haryana Police has beefed up security arrangements to maintain law and order situation across the State ahead of a court’s verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on August 25.
The State Government has sought 150 companies of paramilitary forces from the Centre while 35 companies of central forces would reach Haryana by Sunday.
Chief Minister Manohar lal on Friday held a meeting with senior officers of police and civil administration to review the arrangements being made in view of the hearing of Dera Sacha Sauda sect head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the Court concerning the case.
Haryana Chief Secretary, DS Dhesi while talking to mediapersons said the Chief Minister held a meeting with Home Secretary and Director General of Police and reviewed the arrangements to deal with any situation that may arise following the hearing of case related to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the court.
Foolproof security arrangements have been made in the State to deal with any situation. Security forces will also be deployed at State borders with Punjab and Rajasthan, he said.
The sect chief, Ram Rahim has lakhs of followers in Punjab, Haryana, and other states.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Panchkula will pronounce its verdict in the rape case against Dera chief on August 25. The head of the Sirsa-headquartered sect has been asked to appear in person before the court the same day.
The case hearing has been going on since 2007.
The sexual exploitation case was registered against the Dera chief in 2002 by the CBI on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court after anonymous letters were circulated about the alleged sexual exploitation of two female followers. Singh was accused of raping them inside the Dera campus on the outskirts of Sirsa town in Haryana.
Haryana DGP BS Sandhu said adequate arrangements have been made to maintain law and order situation in the state in view of verdict of CBI Court on August 25 in the case. He said 35 companies of central paramilitary Forces would reach Haryana by Sunday.
Apart from Panchkula and Sirsa, forces would also be deployed in other sensitive areas of districts namely Kurukshetra, Ambala, Jind, Karnal, Kaithal, Fatehabad, Hisar and Panipat, he said.
The DGP said that he along with other senior police officers would personally visit Sirsa to review the security arrangements.
Notably, the Chief Secretaries and DGPs of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday had met the Union Home Secretary in New Delhi and apprised him of the steps taken by them to maintain law and order in the two States ahead of verdict in the case.