Did Ram Rahim’s Security Want Him To Flee After Rape Conviction?

An attempt was made by Ram Rahim’s security guards to take him away from the court complex in his private vehicle.

A special CBI court convicted the Dera Sacha Sauda chief of rape on 25 August.

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Did the security personnel attached to rape convict and Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh attempt to help him escape from the court complex immediately after he was convicted on 25 August?

Haryana Police certainly think so. Sources within the police say a definite attempt was made by Ram Rahim’s security personnel, some of whom were from Haryana Police itself, to help him flee in his private vehicle.

The attempt was made by his security personnel to take him away in his vehicle, along with his Z-plus security, from the court complex. They could have taken him to his thousands of followers who had gathered about one kilometre from the court complex after which it would have become very tough for security forces to arrest him without causing several fatalities.

A Haryana Police officer to IANS

According to reports, some Haryana Police officers and paramilitary force personnel inside the court complex in Panchkula immediately sensed the situation and took the disgraced sect chief into custody after a scuffle with his security personnel.

The Dera chief’s security personnel, including Haryana Police and private commandos, were detained in a separate room immediately and later booked for attempt to murder, sedition and trying to prevent police officials from performing their duty.

All the security personnel were later arrested and have been sent on a seven-day police remand.

The officer, who was inside the court complex, said Ram Rahim’s security personnel also tried to stop his arrest by lying down in front of the police vehicle he was being taken in.

The seven security personnel of the sect chief booked include Assistant Sub-Inspector Krishan Das, Head Constables Ajay, Ram Singh and Vijay Singh, Constable Balwan Singh (all from Haryana Police) and private security guards Pritam Singh and Sukhbir.

Police officials said the police team attached to the sect chief had become his followers to such an extent that they assaulted their own senior officers and tried to free the self-styled godman.

(With inputs from IANS)

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