Heavy security outside Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Sirsa as search operation begins
Security outside the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Sirsa has been beefed up as the search operation inside the sprawling premises is underway.
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Sirsa: Security deployed at Satnaam Chowk, main entrance to #DeraSachaSauda HQ. Security forces will conduct search ops inside Dera today. pic.twitter.com/qeLQ7jD8cR
— ANI (@ANI) September 8, 2017
Around 41 paramilitary companies, four Army columns, police from four districts, one SWAT team & one dog squad have been deployed for the search operation at the Dera headquarters in Sirsa.
Authorities have imposed a curfew in the area surrounding the Dera headquarters.
The search was ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Sirsa: Security personnel & concerned officials entered premises of #DeraSachaSauda HQ to conduct search as ordered by Punjab & Haryana HC pic.twitter.com/YST6xgiBVs
— ANI (@ANI) September 8, 2017
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had rapped the Haryana government for the violence that took place after Ram Rahim Singh was convicted by a special CBI court which claimed 36 lives.
The Haryana government, in a major crackdown on the Dera, had sealed its 30 congregation centres across the state last month.