Secrets tumble out of Ram Rahim's 'sex cave'
The sanitisation exercise is being conducted amid tight security by police and paramilitary personnel, besides senior officials of various government departments.
As
many
as
14
bodies
were
sent
from
the
Dera
Sacha
Sauda
headquarters
in
Sirsa
to
the
GCRG
institute
of
Medical
Sciences
in
Lucknow,
a
Union
Health
Ministry
note
has
said.
The
note
said
a
hearing
committee
has
mentioned
that
the
"explanation
offered
by
the
college
in
obtaining
14
cadavers
from
Dera
Sacha
Sauda
without
requisite
permission
and
death
certificates
is
a
serious
issue".
Meanwhile, a team of forensic experts inspected the so-called 'gufa' (cave) at Dera Sacha Sauda where its rape convict head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh allegedly used to sexually exploit women.
The 'gufa' was inspected by the forensic experts from IIT Roorkee as part of sanitisation of the sprawling 'dera' campus here, an official of the Haryana government said.
According to the rape victim, on whose complaint the dera chief was convicted by a CBI court on August 25, Ram Rahim would sexually exploit girls in the 'gufa', said to be his residence.
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"A forensic team from IIT Roorke reached the Dera during the day today. They started inspection of Dera's Gufa," said Haryana's Information and Public Relations Department Deputy Director, Satish Mehra, who has been authorised by the administration to speak to the media.
"The forensic experts were also coordinating with other teams which were already inside taking part in the sanitisation and search operation," Mehra told reporters.
A number of Dera followers who had parted ways with Ram Rahim have told the media earlier that except for the Dera chief and his close aides, nobody was allowed to enter the 'gufa' or private area of his residence.
The woman, who had dared to complain against Ram Rahim, had alleged that she had been sexually exploited by the dera chief after being called there.
She had said that prior to her exploitation, she would see some of the girls coming out of the 'gufa' weeping.
Girls were deployed as security persons at the entrance of a 'guffa', the victim had said.
Mehra said various teams engaged in the sanitisation process are working as per the directions given by Court Commissioner, who was appointed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
He said five boys were found inside the dera premises today, two of whom are minor.
"The minor boys hail from Kaithal (in Haryana) and Uttar Pradesh. Both have been handed over to the
District Child Protection Officer," Mehra said.
When asked what they were doing inside the campus, he said the District Child Protection officer will quiz them about this.
"Regarding other three we are asking them about their whereabouts and will later send them home," he said.
He said a walkie-talkie set has also been recovered from inside the dera today.
"Whatever articles are being found, the district administration has taken these into their custody and will follow the orders given by the Court Commissioner," Mehra said.
The sanitisation exercise is being conducted amid tight security by police and paramilitary personnel, besides senior officials of various government departments.
The process, which began around 8 am, is being videographed and monitored by retired District and Sessions Judge A K S Pawar, who was appointed as a Court Commissioner by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday to oversee the exercise.
The Haryana government had filed a plea on Friday seeking permission for the sanitisation process under judicial supervision, after the conviction of the sect chief, now in a Rohtak jail.
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