Union minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today described as "highly reprehensible" the violence in Haryana and Punjab following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case.
"Mob attacking people, property and media personnel is highly reprehensible. #Panchkula (sic)," Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rathore said in a tweet.
A special CBI court in Panchkula (Haryana) today convicted flamboyant self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a 2002 rape case, triggering widespread violence and arson by his supporters in Punjab and Haryana.
Atleast 28 people were killed and 250 injured in the violence in Panchkula that left a trail of destruction and vandalism.
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