Heavy security outside Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Sirsa as search operation begins
Dera Sacha Sauda
The search was ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court
Security outside theDera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Sirsahas been beefed up as the search operation inside the sprawling premises is underway.
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Around 41 paramilitary companies, four Army columns, police fromfour 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.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had rapped the Haryana governmentfor 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 crackdownon the Dera, had sealed its 30 congregation centres across the state last month.