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Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh verdict: Judge will travel to Rohtak to pronounce quantum of sentence

36 people have died in the violence that broke out after the Dera chief was found guilty in a rape case by the court on Friday.

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Gurmeet Ram Rahim was flown in a chopper to Rohtak after the court's judgement.
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Tight security arrangements are being put in place in Sunaria jail in Rohtak, where the CBI court judge will pronounce the quantum of sentence in the rape case against 50-year-old sect chief on Monday.

Authorities said they are ensuring that law and order is maintained at all cost when the sentence is pronounced.

The CBI judge Jagdeep Singh will be flown to the district jail in Sunaria, Rohtak, for pronouncing the quantum of sentence.

Security forces are on high alert in Haryana and strict vigil was being maintained in sensitive districts including Panchkula, Sirsa, Rohtak and Fatehabad.

At many sensitive places in Punjab too, security forces conducted flag marches and kept a tight vigil in sensitive areas.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has on Saturday castigated the Haryana government over the deadly violence that erupted in the state, saying it had "surrendered" before the followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda head for "political considerations".

In a big crackdown, the Haryana government had sealed over 30 congregation centres of the Dera Sacha Sauda across the state on Saturday even as it came under attack from the high court over Friday's violence that claimed 36 lives.

Four rifles, including an AK-47, pistols and petrol bombs were among the weapons seized from the supporters of the sect whose chief was convicted on Friday in a 2002 rape case that sparked violence and arson, mainly in Panchkula and Sirsa, police said.

Two cases of sedition were also registered against Dera followers, it added but did not give details.

Facing flak over the violence, the Haryana government had suspended Ashok Kumar, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Panchkula, alleging that his "defective" prohibitory orders allowed the crowd build-up in the district.

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