Honeypreet masterminded, funded Panchkula violence, claim Dera supporters

Agencies

October 6, 2017

New Delhi, Oct 6: A day after Panchkula Police Commissioner AS Chawla said that Honeypreet is not co-operating in the ongoing interrogation, the Dera Sacha Sauda supporters in police custody on Friday claimed that Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s ‘adopted’ daughter had masterminded the August 25 violence in Panchkula.

According to the media reports, Honeypreet alias Priyanka Taneja had chaired a meeting on August 17 in which it was decided that if the special CBI court pronounce the verdict in favour of Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the godman would deliver a speech in Sirsa and if the judge, Jagdeep Singh sentence him, the Dera supporters would create ruckus. (Also read: Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s Adopted Daughter Honeypreet Insan And Her Associate Sukhdeep Kaur Taken to Bathinda; Panchkula Commissioner Says Honeypreet Not Cooperating)

It has also been revealed that Honeypreet had sanctioned Rs 1.25 crore to Dera supporters before August 25 verdict to spread violence, which claimed lives of 38 people in Panchkula. The Haryana police also said that they might conduct a narco test on Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s closest aide.

As per the Haryana police, Ram Rahim’s adopted daughter had created a whatsapp group which had all the followers of self-styled godman, who created massive furore after the court verdict. Honeypreet, the adopted daughter of Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, was arrested by the Haryana Police on Tuesday, on the highway near Chandigarh, along with another woman.

Punjab Congress leader and former legislator Harminder Singh Jassi, whose daughter is married to Ram Rahim’s son, is suspected to have used the protection of the security personnel provided by Punjab government to help Honeypreet evade arrest.

The Haryana Police was on the lookout for Honeypreet in connection with the violence that broke out in Panchkula August 25, when Ram Rahim was declared guilty of rape by a special CBI court.

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Pak jail authorities say Imran Khan is alive and healthy after ‘murder’ rumours spark panic

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November 27,2025

Authorities at Pakistan’s high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Wednesday dismissed speculation about the condition of imprisoned former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, rejecting rumours that he had been moved out of the facility or was in danger. Officials said Khan was in “good health” and described the viral death claims as “baseless.”

“There is no truth to reports about his transfer from Adiala Jail,” the Rawalpindi prison administration said in a statement, according to Geo News. “He is fully healthy and receiving complete medical attention.”

Amid swirling rumours on social media, Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), urged the federal government to issue an official clarification and demanded that authorities allow his family to meet him immediately, Dawn reported.

The frenzy began after Khan’s three sisters called for an impartial probe into what they described as a “brutal” police assault on them and other PTI supporters outside Adiala Jail last week. Soon after, several social media handles circulated unverified claims alleging that Khan had been “killed” inside the prison.

The rumours intensified when a handle named “Afghanistan Times” claimed that “credible sources” had confirmed Khan’s “murder” and that his body had been moved out of the jail — allegations that have not been verified by any credible agency.

Imran Khan, PTI’s patron-in-chief, has been lodged in the Rawalpindi prison since August 2023 in multiple cases. For over a month, an undeclared restriction has prevented family members and senior PTI leaders from meeting him. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has reportedly been denied access despite making seven attempts.

In a letter to Punjab Police Chief Usman Anwar, Khan’s sisters — Noreen Niazi, Aleema Khan, and Dr. Uzma Khan — said they were “peacefully protesting” outside the jail when police allegedly launched an unprovoked assault after streetlights were switched off.

“At 71, I was seized by my hair, thrown to the ground and dragged across the road,” Noreen Niazi said, alleging that other women present were also slapped and manhandled.

Adiala Jail officials reiterated that speculation over Imran Khan’s health was unfounded and insisted that his well-being was being ensured, Geo News reported.

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