The Rohtak district administration has called in 18 columns of the army ahead of the hearing on quantum of sentence to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim on August 28. On Friday, the Dera head was convicted of raping two of his followers by a CBI court in Panchkula. However, for his quantum of sentence, the Punjab and Haryana high court notified Rohtak’s Sunaria jail as the place of sitting of the CBI court. CBI judge to be flown to RohtakThe Punjab and Haryana high court on Saturday ordered the Haryana government to make necessary arrangements for the special CBI judge and two staff members to be flown to the Rohtak district jail. Special CBI judge Jagdeep Singh, while holding the dera chief guilty, had on Friday said the quantum of sentence would be pronounced on August 28.

Source: Hindustan Times August 26, 2017 15:56 UTC