Rampal sent to jail, HC seeks details of arrest cost
21 Nov 2014 5:34 AM IST
The next hearing in the case will be on 28 November, till then Rampal has been sent to judicial custody. His counsel submitted that he was in captivity within his ashram.
The HC has directed DGP Haryana to submit the comprehensive affidavit exhaustively spelling out execution of operation to arrest Rampal by next hearing. The report should have the expenditure details incurred during the operation, nature of resistance put up, casualties suffered and injuries incurred, recovery of arms and ammunition and other facts related to the operation.
The court also directed the Haryana chief secretary to find out the properties owned by Rampal.
Amicus Curiae Anupam Gupta has been directed by the court to suggest a proper place to carry out the trial for murder case for which Rampal has been booked. He will also suggest measures to check the use of weapons or problems posed by any other religious institution of Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh.
On other hand Rampal’s counsel said that he had not used his followers as shield and none of his supporters have filed a complaint against him.
Meanwhile, Haryana Police on Thursday ordered setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe certain cases registered in the wake of the tense two-week stand-off inside Rampal’s Satlok ashram in Hisar.
In a press conference held at Chandigarh, DGP Haryana SN Vashisht said that Rampal has been sent to Hisar for further investigation in other cases.
Vashisht said that 459 people have been booked so far and to interrogate them a special team has been constituted which is headed by Inspector General of Police (Hisar Range) AK Rao. He said that two new FIRs related to murder has been registered in Police Station Barwala in which one is related to the six deaths which happened during this operation. The ashram will be searched by the SIT and it will take two-three days to comb the entire space. Rao said that over 35 fresh cases, including that of sedition, have been slapped against 63-year-old Rampal and his followers that include his key aides.
The HC has directed DGP Haryana to submit the comprehensive affidavit exhaustively spelling out execution of operation to arrest Rampal by next hearing. The report should have the expenditure details incurred during the operation, nature of resistance put up, casualties suffered and injuries incurred, recovery of arms and ammunition and other facts related to the operation.
The court also directed the Haryana chief secretary to find out the properties owned by Rampal.
Amicus Curiae Anupam Gupta has been directed by the court to suggest a proper place to carry out the trial for murder case for which Rampal has been booked. He will also suggest measures to check the use of weapons or problems posed by any other religious institution of Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh.
On other hand Rampal’s counsel said that he had not used his followers as shield and none of his supporters have filed a complaint against him.
Meanwhile, Haryana Police on Thursday ordered setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe certain cases registered in the wake of the tense two-week stand-off inside Rampal’s Satlok ashram in Hisar.
In a press conference held at Chandigarh, DGP Haryana SN Vashisht said that Rampal has been sent to Hisar for further investigation in other cases.
Vashisht said that 459 people have been booked so far and to interrogate them a special team has been constituted which is headed by Inspector General of Police (Hisar Range) AK Rao. He said that two new FIRs related to murder has been registered in Police Station Barwala in which one is related to the six deaths which happened during this operation. The ashram will be searched by the SIT and it will take two-three days to comb the entire space. Rao said that over 35 fresh cases, including that of sedition, have been slapped against 63-year-old Rampal and his followers that include his key aides.
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