CHANDIGARH: Framing of charges against Honeypreet Insan , main accused in the Panchkula Dera violence case, and others were deferred to October 29 on Friday.While other accused were present in the Panchkula court on Friday, Honeypreet was produced through video conferencing.As the Haryana Police yet to submit supplementary chargesheet against 11 accused, who were recently arrested by police in connection with Panchkula violence, the Panchkula court deferred framing of charges to October 29.The special investigation team (SIT) of the Haryana Police had slapped the sedition charge against 22 accused, including Honeypreet, in connection with the Panchkula violence on August 25 last year.According to the police, the conspiracy to spread violence in Panchkula was hatched at the Dera headquarters by Honeypreet and the 45-member dera management committee.Honeypreet, adopted daughter of rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim, was charged with criminal conspiracy and sedition and is the prime accused in the Panchkula violence that broke out after the conviction of the Dera chief.Notably, Honeypreet had travelled with the Dera chief in a helicopter when he was airlifted from Panchkula to Rohtak’s Sunaria jail after his conviction in the rape case.Later, Honeypreet went into hiding for 38 days before her arrest on October 4 last year from the Zirakpur-Patiala highway. As many as 36 people were killed and more than 200 injured during Panchkula violence on August 25 last year.

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