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Honeypreet Insan allegedly gave Rs 1.25 crore to Dera Sacha Sauda’s Panchkula branch head, Chamkaur Singh, a couple of days ahead of Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s conviction in rape cases on August 25. This was revealed to cops by Rakesh Kumar, personal assistant-cum-driver of Gurmeet, during interrogation.
Police officials believe the money was used to pay supporters to spark a riot in Panchkula in the event of Gurmeet being convicted of rape by the CBI court.

Rakesh Kumar is currently in the custody of the special investigation team (SIT) headed by ACP Mukesh Malhotra. As many as 36 people, all dera followers, were killed in Panchkula after police opened fire to quell the rioting.  Rakesh was arrested on September 27. He had accompanied Gurmeet and Honeypreet to Panchkula on the day of the verdict. Later, on August 26, he also took Honeypreet from Rohtak to Sirsa.

Police also stated that the broad planning of the violence on August 25 was done in the Dera headquarters in Sirsa ahead of the verdict in the rape case. Referring to two other accused Aditya Insan and Pawan Insan, Chawla said both were in the country and police teams were close to nabbing them