Chandigarh, 26 August(Wishav Warta): The Punjab and Haryana high court criticised the Manohar Lal Khattar government on Saturday for “politically surrendering” to the Dera Sacha Sauda, whose supporters ran riot across two states to protest against their chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s conviction. The clashes left 31 people dead and injured 200 others.Hearing a public interest litigation on the law and order situation, the HC observed the Panchkula deputy commissioner of police, who was suspended on Saturday morning, was being made a “scapegoat” and sought a deeper probe into the shoddy security arrangements that failed to control the mobs.
“This was a political surrender to lure vote banks…they were outsiders, you allowed them to enter and stay,” said the three-judge bench.
