Hisar: Rampal followers dodge police to enter Hisar ahead of court verdict

HISAR: With a

Hisar

court expected to take up arguments in a murder case against controversial godman Rampal on Wednesday, thousands of his followers have reached the city by hoodwinking police over the past five days. They have occupied open spaces, including public parks, causing inconvenience to the residents.


Rampal and some of his followers were acquitted on August 29, 2017, in two cases of illegal confinement and obstructing government officials from performing their duty. Now, five cases, including

sedition

and murder, against Rampal and his followers are pending in the Hisar court.

Hoping to get a favourable verdict for the jailed spiritual leader, his followers started moving to Hisar on September 28 even as the police had put up barricades at all entry points to the city to check the visitors. They have been camping in public places that is posing problems to the residents. Rampal’s followers are eating, drinking and throwing garbage in the open. Some of them are also defecating in public places.

Speaking about the influx of Rampal’s followers, Hisar superintendent of police (SP) Shiv Charan Sharma said apart from the railway station and bus stand they had put up blockades all around the city to stop them from entering the city.

“Efforts will be made to remove them before the

court verdict

so that they can not cause any harm in the district,” he said.