2 secret tunnels, skin bank, illegal firecracker factory found at Dera HQ

No proper record of dead bodies being sent from the hospital running inside the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters was maintained while a skin bank was running without license, a senior official said as the mammoth "sanitisation" exercise of the complex was completed on Sunday.

Secret tunnels, including one which linked jailed sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's plush residence with female disciples' hostel, an empty box of AK-47 cartridges, an illegal firecracker factory were among other shocking detections made, according to Haryana's Public Relations Department Deputy Director, Satish Mehra.

Irregularities in the implementation of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act by the Dera were also detected, he said.
The sanitisation exercise, which involved various government agencies, ended on Sunday and will bring relief to the locals as mobile internet as well as train services, which had been suspended, will resume from Monday, he said.

However, the curfew will remain in force near the Dera Sacha Sauda complex, he said, adding that relaxation will be given to the residents to buy daily necessities.
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