Ram Rahim Case : Over 300 school students attended Ram Rahim's satsang in UP
Apart from Shahjahanpur, people from neighboring districts Hardoi, Lakhimpur, Pilibhit, Farrukhabad had also arrived to participate in this online satsang of Ram Rahim, for whom the organizers had arranged a bus. Shahjahanpur's Basic Education Officer Surendra Kumar Rawat said in a conversation with our associate newspaper Times of India, 'I was not aware that school children were being included in the online satsang program.
The probe has been ordered after a video surfaced of rape and murder convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim participating in an online "satsang", who is out on parole. An online "Satsang" was organized on November 17 at Vishnu Vatika lawns in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh and a large number of people including 300 children in school uniform participated in the event.
Soon after the matter came to light, a group of members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal reached the spot and started protesting against the organisers. On getting the information, a police team from the nearby police station reached the spot and brought the situation under control. The police has also detained the organizers for questioning.
Online satsang of Baba Ram Rahim was shown on a big screen in a lawn of Roja police station area of Shahjahanpur. There was a crowd of more than 2 thousand people here, in which many school children also participated wearing uniforms. Apart from Shahjahanpur, people from neighboring districts Hardoi, Lakhimpur, Pilibhit, Farrukhabad had also arrived to participate in this online satsang of Ram Rahim, for whom the organizers had arranged a bus. Shahjahanpur's Basic Education Officer Surendra Kumar Rawat said in a conversation with our associate newspaper Times of India, 'I was not aware that school children were being included in the online satsang program. I have directed the Block Education Officer to identify the school and report on the entire matter at the earliest. Action will be taken against the people responsible after the report comes.
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