A Haryana Police officer has alleged that the security personnel that was attached to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had made an attempt to abduct him from the court complex following his conviction on Friday. The attempt was thwarted when sensing the intention of the 7 or 8 security personnel, some Haryana Police officers and paramilitary force personnel inside the court complex in Sector 1 of Panchkula took Ram Rahim into custody after a scuffle. All the security personnel were later arrested and sent to on seven-day police remand. The arrested include Assistant Sub-Inspector Krishan Das, Head Constables Ajay, Ram Singh and Vijay Singh, Constable Balwan Singh (all from Haryana Police) and private security guards Pritam Singh and Sukhbir. The violence that ensued after Ram Rahim was convicted left 36 people dead and over 250 people injured.

Source: India Today August 27, 2017 12:33 UTC