Panchkula (Har), Oct 13 (PTI) Dera Sacha Saudachairperson Vipassana Insan today appeared before a specialinvestigating team of the Haryana Police for questioning inconnection with the violence which broke out following thesect head's rape conviction, an official said.
The police official said Vipassana reached here todayfrom the sect headquarters at Sirsa.
She was summoned by the Panchkula Police for questioning.
The official said she was expected to turn up yesterdaybut failed to do so. A team of doctors from the Sirsa civilhospital was sent to the headquarters for her check upyesterday who said she was fit to travel.
The official said after being cleared by doctors,Vipassana was summoned by the SIT for questioning today.
The SIT had asked Vipassana to appear in Panchkula inconnection with the FIR in which the sect head's confidanteHoneypreet Insan, Dera spokesperson Aditya Insan and someother top functionaries are accused of sedition, conspiracyand other charges.
Violence had erupted in Panchkula and Sirsa, the Deraheadquarters, which claimed 41 lives--six died in Sirsa--andleft nearly 200 injured in the August 25 violence which brokeout after Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's conviction.
He was sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping two womenand is now lodged in a jail in Sunaria in Rohtak district.
Notably, the police is also probing the allegedinvolvement of Honeypreet, who claims to be the adopteddaughter of the jailed Dera chief, in hatching a conspiracy toincite the violence.
Honeypreet, whose real name is Priyanka Taneja, wasarrested by the Haryana Police on October 3 and she is inpolice remand till today.
She had topped a list of 43 people "wanted" by the statepolice in connection with the violence.
The police said they were investigating if Honeypreet'smobile was with Vipassana. She had claimed that she had handedit over to the Dera chairperson on August 27.
They believe that Honeypreet's mobile could have crucialdetails which could help the ongoing probe. They are alsosearching for Honeypreet's laptop which she is said to haveleft in her room at the Dera headquarters.
Earlier, the SIT had taken Honeypreet to different areasof Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana where she took refuge duringthe period she was hiding.
The Haryana Police had on September 1 issued a lookoutnotice against Honeypreet and another key aide of the Derachief, Aditya Insan, following apprehensions that they mighttry to "escape from the country". PTI SUN VSDAAR.
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