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Police have detained 15 Dera Sacha Sauda followers since August 25 night in India even as the authorities have appealed to over one lakh supporters still present in the sect headquarters to vacate the premises. The situation in Sirsa (Haryana) remained tense but under control, according to police. The authorities have appealed the Dera followers to vacate the compound of sect headquarters. Army has taken control of the area after two people died is Sirsa and 28 in Panchkula near Chandigarh following violence triggered by the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a sexual exploitation case. Arson by the frenzied followers of the head of Dera Sacha Sauda was also witnessed in some parts of Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan within a few hours of the pronouncement of the judgement by the CBI court in the 2002 case.
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