CEO of dera firm nabbed

CHANDIGARH: The special investigation team (SIT) of the Haryana Police have arrested CP Arora, chief executive officer (CEO) of MSG All-Trading International Pvt Ltd, a Dera Sacha Sauda firm, in connection with the conspiracy to incite violence that erupted following the conviction of dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case on August 25.

CP Arora, CEO of MSG All-Trading International Pvt Ltd, in police custody in Panchkula on Tuesday. A TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPH

Rajinder Nagarkoti

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, October 17

The special investigation team (SIT) of the Haryana Police have arrested CP Arora, chief executive officer (CEO) of MSG All-Trading International Pvt Ltd, a Dera Sacha Sauda firm, in connection with the conspiracy to incite violence that erupted following the conviction of dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case on August 25.

According to the police, Arora, a close aide of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and dera spokesperson Aditya Insan, was present at the meeting held on August 17 at the dera headquarter in Sirsa, in which the conspiracy of the Panchklua violence was hatched.

Arora, who is a chartered accountant, was allegedly present in the meeting, along with Honeypreet, adopted daughter of the dera chief.

Police Commissioner AS Chawla said Arora was produced in the local court and sent to six-day police remand. The police will try to get details of absconding Aditya Insan as Arora was a close friend of his, he said.

Mother-son duo sent to judicial custody

Bhatinda-based Sharanjit Kaur and her son Gurmeet Singh, who were arrested for providing shelter to Honeypreet, were also produced in the court and were sent to judicial custody. Both are relatives of Sukhdeep Kaur, who was arrested with Honeypreet on October 3. Gopal Bansal, a resident of Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, who was arrested in connection with the Panchkula violence, was also sent to four-day police remand.

Business interests

MSG All Trading International Pvt Ltd deals in food and other products. Last year, the company launched 151 items under its brand, including basmati rice, tea, pulses and biscuits. The products were launched by Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

Remand for UT cop

UT police head constable Lal Chand, posted in the intelligence wing, was also produced in the court and sent to six-day police remand. Lal Chand was arrested in connection with the dera chief’s escape bid on August 25. Lal Singh was in Panchkula but not on official duty.