Honeypreet Insan, Ram Rahim’s aide and ‘adopted daughter’, arrested by Haryana Police

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s adopted daughter Honeypreet. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha/Files)

Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s ‘adopted daughter’ Honeypreet Insan was on Tuesday arrested by the Haryana Police, DGP BS Sandhu said. Honeypreet will be produced before a court within 24 hours, most likely Wednesday morning. Earlier today, Honeypreet told a TV channel from an “undisclosed” location that she was seeking legal opinion on her next step and was likely to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court. According to the police, she was arrested on Patiala road. Anticipating her surrender, security was tightened around Panchkula district court complex and Panchkula Police Commissioner’s office today.

A lookout notice and an arrest warrant were issued by the Haryana Police against Honeypreet after she was booked at Sector 5 police station in Panchkula along with Dera functionaries Aditya Insan and Surinder Dhiman for allegedly inciting violence in Panchkula in the aftermath of the Dera head’s conviction in a twin rape case. Honeypreet denies that she was involved in any of the violence.

On September 26, the Delhi High Court dismissed a transit anticipatory bail plea that she had filed before it. The court’s order was based on the grounds that she had been evading arrest and hence was not entitled to any discretionary relief.