06-21-2007, 11:16 AM
<b>Warrant out; Dera apology coming</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A non-bailable arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday against the Dera Sacha Sauda sect head, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, in connection with a criminal case registered against him at the Bathinda police station.
Before the warrant was issued, however, the Dera chief had already been planning a formal apology to the Sikh masses â he faxed an unsigned apology letter to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee President Paramjit Singh Sarna on Tuesday evening.
<b>"The Dera chief faxed me the text for getting it cleared so that he could send a signed copy to the Akal Takht Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti," </b>Sarna told the Hindustan Times. He added that the Khalsa Action Committee would soon take a decision on the letter.
And even as all this is transpiring, the Dera Sacha Sauda called on the sant sangat on <span style='color:red'>Wednesday to get prepared for qurbaani.</span>
"<span style='color:red'>The time to shed blood has arrived. Telephone your villages and call as many people as you can. The Punjab government has pressurised the court to issue non-bailable warrants against Santji," intelligence sources quoted Dera management committee office bearers â who spoke at the evening majlis â as saying.</span>
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Before the warrant was issued, however, the Dera chief had already been planning a formal apology to the Sikh masses â he faxed an unsigned apology letter to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee President Paramjit Singh Sarna on Tuesday evening.
<b>"The Dera chief faxed me the text for getting it cleared so that he could send a signed copy to the Akal Takht Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti," </b>Sarna told the Hindustan Times. He added that the Khalsa Action Committee would soon take a decision on the letter.
And even as all this is transpiring, the Dera Sacha Sauda called on the sant sangat on <span style='color:red'>Wednesday to get prepared for qurbaani.</span>
"<span style='color:red'>The time to shed blood has arrived. Telephone your villages and call as many people as you can. The Punjab government has pressurised the court to issue non-bailable warrants against Santji," intelligence sources quoted Dera management committee office bearers â who spoke at the evening majlis â as saying.</span>
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