India: Questions are being raised about the Haryana government’s handling of the situation

State failure: Why did Haryana allow lakhs of Ram Rahim’s supporters to gather in Panchkula?
Questions are being raised about the Haryana government’s handling of the situation


Shoaib Daniyal (scroll.in -25 Aug 2017)

The town of Panchkula, near Chandigarh, in Haryana is under siege. Earlier on Friday, religious leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of rape by a Central Bureau of Investigation court. Angered by the verdict, his supporters went on the rampage – they clashed with security forces and destroyed public and private property. As of 8 pm on Friday, media reports said that 29 people had been killed and several others injured in the violence, with security forces struggling to control it.

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