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Ram Rahim's Adopted Daughter Arrested

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Tara Khandelwal
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Honeypreet Insaan, adopted daughter of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, was arrested on Tuesday (October 3) from a highway in Punjab. She was arrested a month after she went into hiding, and hours after she appeared on TV denying police charges of investigating Rahim’s followers.

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She, along with Aditya Insaan, the Dera spokesperson, have been charged with sedition, conspiracy to free Rahim and for inciting violence after he was sentenced.

Aditya has been absconding. Honeypreet was arrested along with another woman as they were travelling along the Zirakpur-Patiala highway in an SUV. Police have not identified the other woman. She will be produced in a local court on Wednesday.

Honeypreet, whose real name is Priyanka Taneja, left her Panchkula-based husband to settle at the Dera headquarters in Sirsa in 2009. Her husband had accused her of having an affair with the Dera chief. She was last seen accompanying Rahim on a chopper to a Rohtak jail

She has denied the accusations levied by her husband.  "I cannot understand how anyone can point fingers at pious relations that are there between a father and his daughter. What proof do they have?" she said.

After joining the sect, Honeypreet soon became one of its most powerful people. She has a huge fan following on social media. She calls herself ‘Papa’s Angel’ on social media. She says that Rahim was falsely accused of jail.

After her arrest, she was questioned till 3 am. She complained of chest pain, but the doctors declared that she was fine.

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The police have been searching for Honeypreet for over a month. When denying the rape charge against Rahim, she said,We call him 'papa coach'. Crores of women and girls have been empowered by Papaji. You believe two women and not millions others?"

Singh is the head of the spiritual sect Dera Sacha Sauda, which was established by Mastaa Balochistani in 1948. It has over 46 ashrams all over the country. The sect claims to have 50 million followers across the world.

Also Read: Ram Rahim Singh Found Guilty of Rape

Picture Credit: NDTV

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