`Honeypreet Insan paid Rs 1.25 cr to incite violence post Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh`s conviction`

Chandigarh: Honeypreet Insan, the closest aide of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, allegedly paid Rs 1.25 crore to a Dera Sacha Sauda member to arrange logistics for inciting violence in the Panchkula on August 25 if the Dera chief was convicted in the rape case, a report said on Saturday.

Honeypreet, who claims to be the adopted daughter of Ram Rahim, allegedly gave the huge amount to Dera Panchkula head Chamkaur Singh to instigate violence. This was revealed to the cops by Honeypreet's personal assistant Rakesh Kumar, a newspaper report stated.

Kumar is currently in the custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

Haryana Police on Friday claimed that Honeypreet is misleading the probing officials in the investigation into her role in violence in Panchkula and elsewhere after the August 25 conviction of Ram Rahim on two counts of rape.

Panchkula Police Commissioner AS Chawla claimed that Haryana Police have found evidence of Honeypreet Insan's hand in incidents of violence in Panchkula.

Honeypreet, whose real name is Priyanka Taneja, was arrested by the Haryana Police on October 3 in connection with the deadly violence that had claimed 35 lives.

Chawla said efforts were on to nab other two top functionaries of the sect, Aditya Insan and Pawan Insan, who were also on the run since August 25.

Honeypreet, in her mid-30s, has been the closest aide of Ram Rahim for nearly a decade. Her former husband Vishwas Gupta had alleged an illicit relationship between the two.

Ram Rahim allegedly adopted Honeypreet in 2009. Gupta claimed he married Honeypreet in 1999 on the direction of the Dera chief before filing for divorce in 2011.

'Honeypreet Insan had illicit relations with Dera chief'

Dera chief's "adopted daughter" Honeypreet's ex-husband Vishwas Gupta has accused them of having illicit relations and said their father-daughter relationship was a sham to fool followers and others.

Honeypreet Insan's former husband Vishwas Gupta has claimed that she never slept with him and every night she was with the Dera chief.

While accusing Honeypreet and Gurmeet of having illicit relations, Gupta said their father-daughter relationship was a sham to fool followers and others.

Revealing about his ex-wife and Gurmeet's illicit relationship, Gupta claimed that he saw Ram Rahim and Honeypreet in a compromising position in the Dera chief's "gufa" or private accommodation on the sprawling campus near Sirsa town in Haryana.

Ram Rahim has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of over Rs 30 lakh. His conviction led to violence in Panchkula and Sirsa in Haryana, leaving 38 people dead and another 264 injured. Isolated incidents of violence were also reported from Delhi and several places in Punjab.