Dera Sacha Sauda head not to be taken to Faridkot : HC

Chandigarh | Thursday | 28th October, 2021

Summary:

Chandigarh, Oct 28 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday ordered that Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh will not be taken to Faridkot in pursuance of a production warrant.

The single bench of Justice Manoj Bajaj also asked the Punjab Police that it can question the dera head in Rohtak"s Sunaria jail over the 2015 desecration case.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is lodged in the Rohtak since his conviction in a rape case.

A court in Punjab"s Faridkot on Monday had issued a production warrant against him in the 2015 desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib.

He was to be produced before the court on October 29.

"The court today ordered that the petitioner will not be taken to the Faridkot court," said Ram Rahim"s counsel Kanika Ahuja.