BARNALA: The divide, caused by days of raging controversy over the Dera Sacha Sauda chief's attire, between Sikhs and sect followers remains deep and unbridged.

Seemingly innocuous incidents, like that of death, are enough to bring out simmering tensions between the two communities. In one such incident in Gangohar village on Wednesday, Bakshish Singh, who died on Tuesday night, had to be cremated in the open as local Sikhs opposed his incineration in the cremation ground.

Ambala, November 17
Cases against the Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh were adjourned by a CBI court here today.

Special Judge for CBI cases in Haryana R.K. Saini adjourned the cases to December 1. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was present in court.

Counsel for the dera chief sought time for carrying out arguments on the chargesheet while counsel for the CBI said there should not be any further delay in this regard.

The CBI counsel stated that the process for framing of charges against the dera chief should take place at the earliest.

Ambala, October 20
The CBI today strongly opposed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s regular bail application in a rape case and two cases of murder conspiracy in the court of special judge for CBI cases in Haryana R.K. Saini.

While CBI chief public prosecutor Rajan Gupta concluded his arguments against the regular bail application filed by the dera chief, the arguments by the counsel of the dera chief could not be completed today.

Saini ordered that further arguments on the regular bail application would take place on October 22.

Ambala, October 4
A CBI court today granted interim bail to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

Special Judge for CBI cases in Haryana R.K. Saini granted interim bail to the dera chief till October 15.

A regular bail application was moved by counsel for the dera chief. The arguments by counsel for the dera chief and counsel for the CBI lasted more than an hour and a half.

The counsel for the dera chief said he was being falsely implicated in the case. It was submitted that the dera chief was not involved in the cases being investigated by the CBI.