Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim has been accused of hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus by dressing up as Lord Vishnu and the All India Hindu Student Federation has filed a complaint against him with the Mohali police.
The self- styled godman can be seen descending from the sky as Lord Vishnu, a gimmick that left federation activists fuming. While cops are yet to register an FIR in Zirakpur, student leaders have threatened to move the court if action is not taken against Gurmeet Ram Rahim.
“We will not tolerate Gurmeet Ram Rahim insulting our gods and gurus. He first insulted Guru Gobind Singh ji and is now seen as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu in one of the videos. What is this? He got TV actor Kiku Sharda arrested just for mimicking him after which the police arrested the actor immediately. We gave a complaint to the Zirakpur police station, which is hesitating to register a case against him. We will move the court if the case is not registered immediately,” Nishant Sharma, president of the All India Hindu Student Federation, said. Police officials, however, confirmed having received a complaint but refused to comment. Sources say the government may not be keen to take action against the baba due to the upcoming elections in the state as the self- styled godman has a strong support base in Doaba region of Punjab.
“We have received the complaint but the jurisdiction lies where the video was shot. The complaint should be registered where the video was shot,” said Deep Inder Singh, SHO, Zirakpur (Mohali).
This is the second such case against Gurmeet Ram Rahim who is already facing a blasphemy case registered in 2007. He is also accused of dressing up like tenth Sikh guru Gobind Singh - an allegation that the self- styled godman has denied.
