Eight Dera chief supporters arrested under sedition charges

The Haryana Police on Sunday arrested eight supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, including a woman, under sedition charges.

Talking to ANI about the arrests, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Panipat, Aatma Ram, said, "The accused have been arrested under sedition charges after they issued inflammatory statements against the nation and warned to infuriate violence in the state 'if Baba Rahim gets convicted'."

The DSP informed that more arrests would be made after completion of the ongoing investigation.

On August 25, the Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court, Panchkula, convicted Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a 2002 rape case, after which violence unleashed in Haryana and Punjab, claiming at least 36 lives.

The quantum of sentence will, however, be announced on August 28.