Police have seized Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's vehicles in Panchkula today. The seized vehicles were part of the convoy of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in which he arrived in Panchkula on the day of his verdict. Earlier in the day, in a major crackdown on Dera ashrams, lead banks managers have asked all banks in Sirsa to freeze all accounts of Dera Sacha Sauda and provide all transaction details. Haryana secretary has written to telecom companies to shut down internet lease lines and all broadband lines to all Deras. Meanwhile, four more columns being deployed in the sect's headquarters in the state's Sirsa ahead of the sentencing on Monday.

Source: India Today August 27, 2017 12:22 UTC