Punjab turns violent as Dera sect followers torch vehicles, properties
February 28th, 2010 - 12:15 am ICT by ANIMoga/Chandigarh, Feb 27 (ANI): Dera Sacha Sauda sect followers, who were protesting against the filing of murder charges against their chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, turned violent on Saturday as set fire at least two trains and rioted in various parts of Punjab and Haryana
Dera followers set afire a compartment each of the Ferozepur-Ludhiana Sutlej Express and two local passenger trains in Punjab.
They also damaged railway property at Tapa, Moga and Kalaiyat in Punjab.
Protesters torched six state-owned buses in Moga and stoned vehicles in different parts of Punjab and Haryana.
Reports said a post office was set on fire at Talwandi Sabo in Bhatinda, and two Haryana Roadways buses were also set afire.
The protestors also blocked traffic on the Ambala-Hissar highway at Kaithal.
In 1991, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booked Singh for the murder of former dera manager Faqir Chand.
Chand’s body was never found and the CBI had conducted an inquiry into this on court orders.
Besides Singh, the CBI had booked four other members of the sect for murder, destroying evidence and hatching a criminal conspiracy. (ANI)
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