Rape Convict Ram Rahim's "Adopted Daughter" Honeypreet Will Now Be Called...
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Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's "adopted daughter" Honeypreet" was accused of trying to help the Dera chief escape and instigate rioting.
Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, whose busy schedule while on parole has become hugely controversial, today announced a new name for Honeypreet Insan, his "adopted daughter". The religious leader is serving a 20-year jail sentence after being convicted for rape in 2017.
Honeypreet would be known as "Ruhani didi" in future, Gurmeet Ram Rahim declared, also offering an abbreviated, "easy to pronounce" version.
"Our daughter is called Honeypreet. Since everyone calls her 'didi', it causes confusion as everyone is 'didi'. So we have now named her 'Ruhani Didi' and modernised it to an easy to pronounce 'Ruh Di'," he said, according to news agency ANI.
Days after Gurmeet Ram Rahim's arrest, Honeypreet, born Priyanka Taneja, was arrested over violence during protests by Dera supporters after Ram Rahim was declared guilty of raping two followers at his ashram in Sirsa, Haryana. As many as 38 people were killed in the violence, according to the police.
