Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, in his Mann Ki Baat programme, slammed the violence caused by followers of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim, accused of raping two of his women followers in 2002, was on Friday, held guilty by the Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court of Panchkula.
The quantum of sentence will be announced on August 28.
“No person or group taking law into their own hands will be spared,” Modi said.
“Violence in the name of faith will not be tolerated. Whether it is the faith based on community, political ideology, individual or tradition,” he said.
Thirty-six people lost their lives in Haryana after Dera Sacha Sauda followers went on a rampage following the conviction of their sect chief, the Punjab and Haryana High Court were informed on Saturday.
