4 Ram Rahim followers held for torching rail coaches
Four followers of Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim have been arrested for indulging in setting train coaches on fire after he was convicted of rape in August, police said on Wednesday.
The accused Vijay Malik, Bir Singh, Kanhaiya Lal and Harjeet Singh were arrested late on Tuesday from their residences in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar and Laxmi Nagar.
"During interrogation, the accused admitted to being followers of the Dera and confessed that they had set the two coaches ablaze on August 25," the officer said.
The incident was reported on the same day by Railway officers, he said, adding some bottles with inflammable liquid were also found at the spot indicating that it was the work of some miscreants.
-PTC News
