State administration will enter Dera Head Quarter: Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that, state administration will enter the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarter at Sirsa after the Punjab and Haryana high court appoints a judicial magistrate for the purpose. 

Mr Khattar said the forces cannot enter the Dera headquarter on their own because the high court is monitoring everything. Talking to mediapersons in Karnal



yesterday, the Chief Minister said that the prawling campus of the Dera at Sirsa, spread over 800 acres, would be searched only after a judicial magistrate is appointed for the purpose.

Violence broke out after Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's conviction in rape cases, leaving at least 35 people dead. Ram Rahim was later sentenced to 20 years in prison.