Panchkula (Haryana), Oct 13 (PTI) A Panchkula court todayremanded Honeypreet Insan in judicial custody till October 23in connection with the violence that followed the Dera SachaSauda sect chief's rape conviction on August 25, which left 41people dead and scores injured.
After the completion of nine-day police remand,Honeypreet, who calls herself the adopted daughter of Derachief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, and Sukhdeep Kaur werepresented before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate RohitWatts under tight security arrangements.
"Both Honeypreet and Sukhdeep have been remanded injudicial custody till October 23," defence counsel S K GargNarwana said.
They will be lodged in Ambala central jail and will beproduced before the court through video-conferencing onOctober 23, he said.
After their arrest, the court had first remanded both ofthem in police custody for six days and later extended theirremand for another three days which ended today.
The prosecution told the court that they had recovered amobile of Priyanka Taneja (36), alias Honeypreet.
The prosecution also told the court that Honeypreet hadprovided incriminating evidence in the case.
Honeypreet, along with Sukhdeep Kaur, was arrested fromZirakpur-Patiala road in Punjab on October 3.
Honeypreet topped a list of 43 people "wanted" by thestate police in connection with the violence.
Haryana Police had on September 1 issued a look-outnotice against Honeypreet and another key aide of the Derachief, Aditya Insan, following apprehensions that they mighttry to "escape from the country".
An arrest warrant was also issued against Honeypreet, andtwo key Dera functionaries Aditya Insan and Pawan Insan, afterHaryana Police moved an application in Panchkula court.
Her name has been included in an FIR in which Derafunctionaries Aditya Insan and Surinder Dhiman, among others,had been booked on the charge of sedition, inciting violenceand arson, the police had said earlier.
Following the conviction of the Dera chief, violence haderupted in Panchkula and Sirsa, the Dera headquarters, whichclaimed 41 lives and left scores of people injured.
The Dera chief has been sentenced to 20 years in jail forraping two women and is now lodged in jail. PTI VSDSMN.
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