DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH

Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Parambans Singh Romana today demanded the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government give immediate sanction to prosecute Dera Sirsa head Ram Rahim under Section 295-A, nominate and arrest dera leader Honeypreet for ordering the sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and arrest sacrilege accused Pradeep Kler in the two pending cases registered against him.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr Parambans Romana said chief minister Bhagwant Mann should tell under what deal he had delayed giving sanction for the prosecution for Ram Rahim since the last more than two years. "Apparently Bhagwant Mann has followed in the footsteps of the previous Congress government as an application by the SIT to prosecute Ram Raheem under Section 295-A for hurting religious sentiments is pending since September 2021". He also asked why the sanction to prosecute the Dera head had not been given when the same had been given for all the other accused.

Asserting that the forthcoming byelections and the assembly elections in Haryana were the main reason why the AAP government was not proceeding against the Dera head, Mr Romana said "this is also the main reason why Honeypreet has not been nominated or arrested despite the fact that she has been name as the main accused by Dera leader Pradeep Kler in this statement before a magistrate under Section 164 more than six months back".

In a shocking revelation, Mr Romana also quoted documents to prove that three FIRs had been registered against Pradeep Kler with regard to the theft of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, pasting of posters challenging Sikhs to save their Granth and the tearing of the sacred Granth Sahib and dispersing of its pages. He said despite this Kler had been arrested in only the case of theft even though all three cases had been registered in the Bajakhana police station.
(editor@dailyworld.in)