SIRSA: An Illegal firecracker factory was found on the second day of a massive sanitisation exercise inside the dera of rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Saturday.

Hordes of police, paramilitary and civil administration personnel involved in the mammoth search operation which started on Friday on the direction of Punjab and Haryana high court.

“A firecracker factory has found inside the dera premises and it is an illegal factory,” said state information and public relations department deputy director, Satish Mehra, who has authorised by the administration to speak to the media.

He said some explosive material to used in making firecrackers also found.
“The illegal factory has sealed,” Mehra said.

Forensic team inspects Ram Rahim’s ‘gufa’ where women exploited

A team of forensic experts on Friday inspected the so-called ‘gufa’ (cave) at dera Sacha Sauda where its rape convict head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh allegedly used to sexually exploit women.

The ‘gufa’ was inspected by the forensic experts from IIT Roorkee as part of sanitisation of the sprawling ‘dera’ campus, an official of the Haryana government said.

According to the rape victim, on whose complaint the dera chief was convicted by a CBI court on August 25, Ram Rahim would sexually exploit girls in the ‘gufa’, said to his residence.

A number of dera followers who had parted ways with Ram Rahim have told the media earlier that except for the dera chief and his close aides, nobody allowed to enter the ‘gufa’ or private area of his residence.

The woman, who had dared to complain against Ram Rahim, had alleged that she had sexually exploited by the dera chief after called there.

She had said that prior to her exploitation, she would see some of the girls coming out of the ‘gufa’ weeping.
Girls were deployed as security persons at the entrance of the ‘gufa’, the victim had said.

Sanitisation process is videographed

The entire sanitisation process is videographed and overseen by retired district and sessions judge, AKS Pawar, who appointed as court commissioner by the Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday.

Curfew remains in force on the road leading inside the dera headquarters. No unauthorised person allowed to go inside the dera premises. However, life remained normal in Sirsa city.

A large number of vehicles including police buses and paramilitary vehicles, quick reaction team vehicles, bomb disposal squad and anti-sabotage team vehicles, carrying cops and paramilitary personnel made their way inside the dera premises on Saturday morning, officials said.

Vehicles of the district administration carrying officials drawn from various government departments also made their way inside the dera premises.

Besides, some fire tenders, heavy earth moving machines and tractors have also pressed into service for the sanitisation exercise.
Sixteen ‘nakas’ have set up near the dera and forty-one companies of paramilitary forces have deployed in Sirsa district.

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