After investments in Dera Sacha Sauda sect crashes down, follower commits suicide

A follower of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect committed suicide on Saturday, in Charkhi Dadri district, Haryana. The police have launched a probe into the matter.

The victim, Sombir's, body was recovered by family members from a well in Balkara village.

Family members told the police that Sombir was under stress in the past few days as he had got 12 acres of his land registered in the name of the Dera.

He was made a partner in the resort constructed inside the sect headquarters near Sirsa town by the now jailed chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim



Singh.

Ram Rahim is in prison after being sentenced to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for rape by a CBI special court.

The premises of the Dera, whose chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was jailed in rape case, is spread over 800 acres and houses educational institutions, markets, hospital, stadium, recreational areas and houses.

Last week Ambala police had also recovered Rs 38 lakh from a Dera follower who was member of Qurbani Dal. Probes have revealed that Dera on the directions of its jailed chief had created a sacrifice wing called as the Qurbani Dal.