The Uttarakhand police are on alert after pronouncement of 20 year prison sentence to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Ram Rahim Singh by Special CBI court on Monday.
The police personnel of state police and the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) have intensified patrolling of the interstate borders of Uttarakhand. Extra vigil is being kept in the Vikasnagar area and Himachal-Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand border. The State police was on alert mode after violence erupted on Friday in Haryana and Punjab after arrest of Dera Chief. On the directive of the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Dehradun, Nivedita Kukreti, the Circle Officer (CO) Vikasnagar Pankaj Gairola and in charge Kotwali MS Negi conducted intensive checking at Kulhal Checkpost on Monday while PAC jawans are keeping an strict vigil on Himachal border. Uttarakhand has large number of Dera Sacha Sauda followers and thousands of them were part of those who held seize of Panch Kula on the day of Special CBI court on Friday. The police and intelligence agencies are keeping a watch on activities of Dera followers in the State.