PANCHKULA: The Haryana police commandos who had attempt to escape with Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh from Panchkula after his conviction in rape cases on August 25,  also had plans to take him to Himachal Pradesh and hide him there. Senior police officials said the cops had such plans to move him to protect locality in India through Punjab once the dust settled, but till then he was to take shelter in the hill state.

So far, 12 cops have been arrested for being part of the conspiracy to free Gurmeet . Of these, five cops were arrested in Panchkula immediately after they tried to free the dera head.

Three Punjab police commandos have also been arrested in the case. instantly after the CBI court had well-defined Gurmeet guilty of raping two of his sadhvis, the cops who were part of his Z+ security cover and some other cops emotionally involved with the dera head had tried to free him and had allegedly planned to flee from Panchkula when dera followers start rioting.

Senior police officers said Dera Sacha Sauda has a large number of followers in Himachal Pradesh who could have been used to hide Gurmeet.

Panchkula DCP Manbir Singh entrenched the police remand of three commandoes along with one Rajasthan cop but refused to provide more details about the future plans of the commandos. "This is a matter of investigation," he said. "We are looking for more people who are part of this conspiracy (to free Gurmeet). Some of them played major roles on in violence in the city which explodes after the Dera head was convicted."

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