Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of raping his female followers.

Since Wednesday, parts of Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh have been under a security lockdown as 200,000 supporters of Ram Rahim massed in Panchkula ahead of the verdict. Mobile internet and data services have been suspended in Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh for 72 hours.

Ram Rahim Conviction by CBI special court in Panchkula then sparked riots across haryana, Rajasthan and Parts of Delhi by his followers and this resulted in 29 deaths until evening .Most of the deaths are reported to be due to bullet injuries.

Hearing an ongoing petition about the aftermath of the rape case verdict against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Punjab and Haryana high court said on Friday evening that the sect will have to compensate for the losses caused in the arson after he was held guilty. The court sought a list of its properties from the Dera.

Manjit Singh GK, president of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (DSGMC), says: “Before conviction, Gurmeet Ram Rahim had said he had full faith in the judiciary. The way his followers have gone on the rampage, it seems they don’t have any.”

Prime Minister Modi and President Ram Govind has appealed for peace via tweets.

After 7:00 PM , Alert sounded in Ghaziabad and Noida, where Sec 144 was already imposed.