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I'm a law-abiding woman with clean antecedents, willing to join probe: Honeypreet Insan in bail plea

"A criminal is a criminal. He or she will make efforts to escape the law, but no criminal should be spared," said the government as a search for Honeypreet Insan intensified.

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Honeypreet Insan, who has been on the run following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has said that she is willing to join the probe.

Honeypreet has approached the Delhi High Court seeking transit anticipatory bail and made the claim in her application.

She has mentioned that she is a single woman with clean antecedents, adding, "I am a law-abiding woman and willing to join the investigation."

The police have intensified the search for her and raided her Delhi residence. The police reached A-9 Greater Kailash, a property in the name of  Dera Sacha Sauda, but were unable to find her. 

 

Meanwhile, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Hansraj Ahir said that a criminal is criminal and shouldn't be spared.

"A criminal is a criminal. He or she will make efforts to escape the law, but no criminal should be spared," Ahir said when asked about the Honeypreet's anticipatory bail plea.

"It is the job of the police and the security agencies to nab criminals. Police is doing its work properly. W will arrest all culprits in this case," he added.

Priyanka Taneja alias Honeypreet also tops the list of 43 persons 'wanted' by the Haryana Police in connection with incidents of violence that had followed Ram Rahim's conviction in the rape cases.

Earlier, a lookout notice was issued against Honeypreet by the police.

A high alert has also been sounded in Lakhimpur, Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, Shrawasti and Bahraich - the other districts which border Nepal.

 

UP shares a 599.3 km long open border with Nepal touching seven districts - Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Bahraich, Sravasti, Balrampur, Sidhharthnagar and Maharajganj.

Ram Rahim was convicted by the special CBI court in Panchkula on August 25, following which violence and arson had erupted in Panchkula and Sirsa districts of Haryana which had left 41 people dead and several others injured.

The CBI court on August 28 had sentenced Ram Rahim to 20 years in prison for raping two of his disciples in 2002.

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