BATHINDA : The large-scale arson and vandalism by followers of Sirsabased Dera Sacha Sauda, in which over 40 buses and four trains were set ablaze and many government offices were damaged, had all the markings of a well-planned operation, which took the law and order authorities in Punjab and Haryana, completely off-guard.
Even as the police struggled to control the situation, it was evident the intelligence apparatus in both the states had failed in apprehending the possible fallout from the registration of a fresh murder case against Dera head, Baba Ram Rahim Singh, already facing two CBI cases.
Sources say Dera followers had started preparing for a violent reaction, right from Saturday morning, when a private news channel, said to be under the control of a Punjab politician, aired the news of the case. The previous clashes between the Dera and the Sikhs were sparked off by the publication of a photograph in select newspapers, showing the Dera head dressed in the clothes similar to those worn by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.
Significantly, the news of the fresh murder case was made public, five days after the case was registered by the CBI in Chandigarh on February 22. \"We are trying to find out the mystery behind the timing,\" said a senior intelligence official in Punjab.
News From: http://www.Time2timeNews.com
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment