NEW DELHI: The Panchkula District Court on Friday sent Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's adopted daughter Honeypreet Insan and accomplice Sukhdeep Kaur to judicial custody till October 23.


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"Both Honeypreet and Sukhdeep have been remanded in judicial custody till October 23," defence counsel S K Garg Narwana said.


On Friday, Honeypreet and Kaur were presented before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Rohit Watts under tight security arrangements, after the completion of nine-day police remand.


They will be lodged in Ambala central jail and will be produced before the court through video-conferencing on October 23.


 


 


The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Haryana Police earlier revealed that during interrogating, Honeypreet confessed her role in Panchkula violence that claimed at least 41 lives and injured more than 250 people, according to reports.


She had also revealed that several Dera members were given responsibility to organise and fund the violence, a blueprint of which was prepared days before. She allegdly gave Rs 1.25 crore to organise the Panchuka riots


On October 3, Honeypreet and accomplice Sukhdeep Kaur was arrested from Zirakpur-Patiala road in Punjab.


 


With agency inputs