Sirsa,
Sep 8: Amid tight security, search and sanitisation operations inside the
Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters began here under the supervision of the Punjab
and Haryana High Court-appointed Court Commissioner Anil Kumar Panwar this
morning. Mr Panwar is a retired District and Sessions Court Judge and has been
appointed by the High Court to monitor the search and sanitisation operation.
Curfew imposed in and around the Dera headquarters will continue till the
sanitisation process is complete. The sprawling Dera is spread in more than 700
acres of land. The operations are expected to last more than a week. As many as
41 companies of paramilitary forces and four columns of Army have been deployed
in the area to maintain law and order. Media and public have been barred from
entering the Dera campus. Search teams have also not been allowed to carry
their mobile phones inside. According to an official spokesperson, the search
teams have recovered some cash and seized some computers and hard discs from
the Dera premises. Two rooms of the Dera have also been sealed, the
spokesperson said. Meanwhile, the Haryana government has suspended all mobile
internet, SMS and dongle services till Sunday in Sirsa district to curb the
spread of any kind of rumors following the sanitisation process. All these
services of telecom providers would remain suspended in the district except
voice calls. Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted in rape cases by
a special CBI court in Panchkula on August 25 and sentenced to 20 years
imprisonment on August 28. In the aftermath violence, 40 people died and
hundreds were injured in Haryana and Punjab. UNI
