Manjeet Sehgal | Edited by Prabhash K Dutta
Chandigarh, September 25, 2017 | UPDATED 13:06 IST
Former Dera Sacha Sauda followers and devotees claim that Honeypreet planned to have a son from Gurmeet Ram Rahim and wanted him to be declared as the heir.
The secrets of convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim and Honeypreet continue to tumble out of the closets every day. It has nwo emerged that Gurmeet Ram Rahim and Honeypreet wanted a secret child, preferably a son to lead Dera Sacha Sauda as the next chief of the sect.
But, their failed secret succession plan, as per claims by the former Dera followers, had a murky history, which began with Honeypreet's association with Gurmeet Ram Rahim years ago. The former Dera followers claim to know much more than what has come out in the public till date.
WAS HONEYPREET RAPED AT DERA?
The secret lustful relationship between Gurmeet Ram Rahim and Honeypreet has given rise to several versions of their mutual equation at the Dera Sacha Sauda. Many former Dera followers believe that before Honeypreet became a constant companion of Gurmeet Ram Rahim, she was raped inside his gufa, the private chamber.
Former Dera followers claim that after Honeypreet met the same fate as the two sadhvis, who decided to take on the might of the Sirsa godman, she responded by blackmailing Gurmeet Ram Rahim and got favours in whatever she wanted.
Former driver of Gurmeet Ram Rahim, Khatta Singh and his son Gurdas Singh (different from CBI witness Gurdas Singh Toor) have alleged that they had seen Honeypreet entering the cave and was in tears when she came back. Gurdas claimed that he along with his cousin was guarding the cave on a particular day when this happened.
"Honeypreet was upset and had straightway went to meet her grandfather who worked as a cashier in Dera. He was annoyed and slammed the Dera chief. He was, however, silenced by Gurmeet Ram Rahim's goons," said Gurdas.
THE SECRET SUCCESSION PLAN
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim and his companion Honeypreet had a secret succession for the Sirsa-based sect. However, due to unexpected change in circumstances, their plan could not materialise.
According to the former Dera followers, Honeypreet and Gurmeet Ram Rahim wanted a child, who they planned to name as successor of the current sect chief, who has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Gurmeet Ram Rahim was held guilty of rape of two sadhvis at his Dera in 2002.
A former Dera follower Gurdas Singh Toor, a CBI witness in case against Ram Rahim, told India Today that Honeypreet and the convicted self-styled godman wanted a son born out of their relationship.
'HONEYPREET TURNED GURMEET AGAINST JASMEET'
Toor claims that Gurmeet Ram Rahim and Honeypreet were living like a couple inside the Dera. The same claim was earlier made by Honeypreet's former husband Vishwas Gupta. He had claimed that he saw Gurmeet Ram Rahim and Honeypreet making sex in former's private chamber while he was made to wait outside. "Ram Rahim had never adopted Honeypreet as his daughter," Gupta added.
According to Toor, it was Honeypreet who had come up with the idea that a son of hers by Gurmeet Ram Rahim should be the next Dera Sacha Sauda chief. Honeypreet contested the claim of Jasmeet Singh, Gurmeet Ram Rahim's biological son and anointed heir to the gaddi of the Dera Sacha Sauda.
Though Ram Rahim had himself declared Jasmeet as the heir in 2007, he under Honeypreet's influence changed his mind.
"Gurmeet Ram Rahim was against his son Jasmeet Singh Insan and was not keen to make him the Dera chief. As Honeypreet was a number-2 in Dera, she wanted to give birth to a child from Gurmeet Ram Rahim. Both had plans to make him a future Dera chief," said Gurdas Singh Toor.
According to Gurdas Singh Toor, Honeypreet and Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim wanted to use Vishwas Gupta's name as his father for official purposes. But, the child was to be fathered by Gurmeet Ram Rahim, Toor claimed.
However, the plan did not materialise as Vishwas Gupta divorced Honeypreet.
