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Skeletons buried inside Dera's Sirsa headquarters, admits mouthpiece

The mouthpiece claimed that the human remains were buried within the campus

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Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh arrive at his 'ashram' in Sirsa on Thursday, ahead of the verdict in the rape trial case against him. Photo: PTI

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Hours before authorities and security agencies are likely to start a search and sanitisation operation inside the sprawling Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters campus near Sirsa town in Haryana, the sect's mouthpiece "Sach Kahoon" on Thursday admitted that human remains were buried inside the premises.

The Dera newspaper, while defending the action of the Dera management in burying the human remains, said this was done as sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh encouraged followers to donate the remains to the sect for burial and prevent these from being immersed in rivers, causing pollution.

The newspaper claimed that the human remains were buried within

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