CHANDIGARH: Aggrieved at the special treatment given to controversial Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by the Haryana government by admitting in a private hospital, the dera victim’s son Anshul Chhatarpati has sought the intervention of the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court.
In a letter written to the Chief Justice, Anshul, whose father was murdered by the dera chief, has requested that the parole granted to Gurmeet on June 6 on medical grounds be cancelled and orders given to return him to the isolation facility at the jail premises.
If any kind of medical assistance is required by the accused, the same may be arranged within the jail premises, Anshul has written in his letter.
Anshul has written that it is a matter of record and a known fact that the accused has been kept in solitary confinement in jail and as such, it becomes highly unlikely that he would contact Covid-19 from within the premises.
The fact that the accused refused to be treated at one of the top medical institutions of the state, PGIMS Rohtak, and insisted on treatment at a private facility raises doubts on his intentions, he has stated in his letter.
The Chief Justice has also been apprised that Honeypreet, the socially adopted daughter of the dera chief who has been deployed as help for assistance on special request was the perpetrator and prime accused of violence that took place in Panchkula on August 25, 2017, when Gurmeet was convicted in rape cases.
This pattern of seeking paroles one after the other could be a part of a devious plan that could turn dangerous and life threatening to the general public at large, since the accused has a history of creating public nuisance in large, Anshul has stated in his letter.
Tests not available in Rohtak: Minister Haryana jail minister Ranjit Singh said the dera chief was admitted to Medanta hospital in Gurugram as some of the tests prescribed for him by doctors were not available in the local hospitals.
He said that initial test suggested that the convict was Covid-19 positive though subsequent tests had shown him negative.
“Whenever doctors at Medanta declare him medically fit, he would be taken back to jail,” the minister told media persons in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Regarding Honeypreet’s presence with the dera chief at Gurugram hospital, the minister said the jail department has nothing to do with those attending patients in the hospital.
“We are only concerned with the security of the inmate,” he concluded.