Sacrilege case: Punjab Police SIT to grill Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

Last month, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said the Punjab Police could question the Dera Sacha Sauda sect head in the jail in connection with the 2015 sacrilege case.

Chandigarh: A special investigation team (SIT) of the Punjab Police left for the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak on Monday morning to question Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in connection with a 2015 sacrilege case.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is lodged in the Sunaria jail since his conviction in 2017 for raping two of his disciples. The Dera Sacha Sauda chief was named as an accused in the theft of a "bir" (copy) of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of Sikhs.

The four-member SIT, led by Inspector General SPS Parmar, left for the Sunaria jail from Rajpura in the morning, officials said. The other members of the team are Senior Superintendent of Police M S Bhullar, Deputy Superintendent of Police Lakhvir Singh and Inspector Dalbir Singh.