Honeypreet Insan’s judicial custody extended till Nov 6

PANCHKULA: A Panchkula court today extended the judicial custody of Honeypreet Insan till November 6 in a case related to the violence that followed the Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief’s rape conviction on August 25, which left 41 people dead and scores injured.

Honeypreet Insan, who calls herself the adopted daughter of Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, and Sukhdeep Kaur were presented before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Rohit Watts through video-conferencing from the Ambala central jail, defence counsel S K Garg Narwana said.

“Both Honeypreet Insan and Sukhdeep Kaur have been further remanded in judicial custody till November 6,” he said.

Priyanka Taneja (36), alias Honeypreet Insan, and Sukhdeep Kaur were arrested from Zirakpur-Patiala road in Punjab on October 3.  (AGENCIES)