Dera follower cremated

June 20, 2016 12:00 am | Updated October 18, 2016 03:13 pm IST - Faridkot:

The body of a Dera Sacha Sauda follower Gurdev Singh, who was shot at five days ago and had died at a hospital in Ludhiana, was cremated at his native village Burj Jawahar Singh Wala on Sunday.

Native village

The body was taken to his native village Burj Jawahar Singh Wala from Kotakpura, where it was cremated.

A large number of Dera followers attended the funeral procession. Mohni, brother of deceased Singh, lit the pyre.

Thirty-one-year-old Singh was shot at in Burj Jawahar Singh Wala in Faridkot district on June 13 and died in DMC hospital in Ludhiana on Friday.

Dera Committee member Mohinder Pal said the administration offered government job to the wife of deceased and assured to arrest the accused soon.

No cash compensation

However, he refuted reports that Singh’s family was given cash compensation.

The decision to cremate the body came after a meeting by the civil and police officers with Dera committee members and victim’s family.

Yesterday, Dera Sacha Sauda followers refused to cremate the body of a sect member until the accused were arrested.

Dera followers had kept the body at Kotkapura demanding immediate arrest of the accused and had planned to block traffic by placing the body on the road. - PTI

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