Ahead of anticipatory bail plea, Delhi Police conduct searches to trace Honeypreet Insan

The Delhi Police on Tuesday conducted searches across Delhi to trace Honeypreet Insan, the adopted daughter of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who has gone missing ahead of her anticipatory bail hearing today.

Armed with an arrest warrant, the police raided a house in the capital's Greater Kailash area where Honeypreet was believed to be in hiding.

The arrest warrant against Honeypreet, whose real name is Priyanka Taneja, has been for her alleged role in the with incidents of violence following the conviction of the self-proclaimed godman. The police also said they are searching for two other functionaries, Aditya and Pawan Insan, of the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda.

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The Delhi Police said a team of Panchkula Police had come with an arrest warrant for Honeypreet on a tip-off that she was present in a house in GK's A block.

However, the raid did not yield anything, a top official of the Delhi Police said, adding that the house in GK was registered as a property of the Dera Sacha Sauda.

Panchkula Commissioner of Police said a team headed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police was present in New Delhi defend the case in court if the need arose.

In her affidavit, Honeypreet has alleged that she has been falsely implicated and that her life and liberty are at stake.

She also states that she is ready to make herself available for investigations as and when required. She has also alleged that she is facing life threats from a drug syndicate of Punjab and Haryana.

Police has said that any person giving any information leading to the arrest of the three accused absconding and other accused in the Panchkula on August 25 will be suitably rewarded and his/her identity kept secret.

The Haryana Police said today that a court in Panchkula had yesterday issued an arrest warrant against Honeypreet Insan, Dera spokesperson Aditya Insan, and Dera's top functionary Pawan Insan in connection with incidents of violence in Panchkula.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Haryana Police had moved an application before the court seeking arrest warrants of the three accused, Haryana Director General of Police BS Sandhu said.

He added that if the Dera chief continued to evade arrest, police will again move court with a plea to declare them as proclaimed offenders.

Honeypreet Insan has been on the run following the conviction of Dera chief by a special CBI court in Panchkula on August 25 in two rape cases. She moved the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking anticipatory bail.

Priyanka Taneja alias Honeypreet, the adopted daughter of the jailed Dera chief, tops the list of 43 persons 'wanted' by the Haryana Police in connection with incidents of violence that had followed Ram Rahim's conviction in the rape cases.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim was convicted by the special CBI court in Panchkula on August 25, following which violence and arson had erupted in Panchkula and Sirsa districts of Haryana which had left 41 people dead and several others injured.

Honeypreet had accompanied the Dera head when he had come to the special CBI court on August 25. She had also travelled along with him in the special chopper which ferried them to Rohtak from Panchkula after the conviction.

The sect head is currently lodged in Sunaria jail in Rohtak district of Haryana.