Military is not going inside Dera: Army clarifies

August 26, 2017 14:35

The military is not going inside the Dera. "There is no such plan as of now," said Rajpal Punia, GOC, 33 Division Hisar in response to questions of the army entering the headquarters which has been housing more than 1,000 followers.

Fifteen Dera supporters have been arrested since last night, the police said. Dera centres at Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Kaithal and Panchkula have been sealed.

Meanwhile, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy called on to initiate a probe to identify the miscreants, who vandalised the property after conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in rape case and said law needs to be enforced to keep a check on all the religious institution of the country.

The violence is unexplainable. If they are devotees of a truly religious person, why should this violence take place? Either these are violent acts, which should be banned or there is an infiltration. Who are behind the violence, it must be found out, Swamy said.

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