Chandigarh : Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh today set off for Panchkula by road in a massive convoy to appear before a special CBI court in the sexual exploitation case against him. Amid heavy security, the 50-year-old Dera head left the sect-headquarters at Sirsa, about 260 km from Chandigarh, at about 9:am. The Dera chief, who enjoys 'Z' category security, was travelling in a convoy that included several SUVs, to reach Panchkula, where the court is set to pronounce verdict in the case at around 2:30 p.m. As the Dera head left the sect headquarters at Sirsa, some of the followers standing on the roadside turned hysterical and held up the cavalcade for a few minutes.
The followers, mostly young men, squatted on the road just in front of the cavalcade. However, the police immediately evicted them following which the Dera chief continued his onward journey to Panchkula. "He has left Sirsa by road," Sirsa Deputy Commissioner, Prabhjot Singh told PTI over phone earlier. The Dera chief is accompanied by a number of his own security guards in the cavalcade. It will take him around four hours to reach the court, a police official said. In Panchkula, Haryana DGP, B S Sandhu said the Dera chief was on his way to the town under police protection. PTI
