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Incident Demanding arrest of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh, Sikh activists on Wednesday stopped trains at several places across Punjab. The protests were sparked after the killing a Sikh youth, Balkar Singh, outside a shopping mall in Mumbai by the Dera chief’s bodyguards. A protest in Mumbai, led to altercations between Ram Rahim Singh’s supporters and the Sikh group which turned violent after the group allegedly started pelting stones. It is said that a private bodyguard of the Baba opened fire on the agitating crowd that killed one person and injured more than two. Following the death Sikhs went on the rampage in Mumbai.   Protests Many radical groups are demanding the arrest of the Dera chief. Dera chief has been provided with the Z plus security cover. When he is having the Z-plus security then why he is having the private bodyguards? Why he was having the private arms? These are the questions that are haunting the minds of the people. It must be recalled that there were widespread protest against the Dera last year that had turned into a major controversy and the centre government had to intervene to defuse the situation. At many places Sikhs and the followers of the dera had clashed.   Politics During the elections for Punjab assembly Dera chief had urged the people to vote in favor of the Congress party. But the elections were won by the Akali Dal and BJP coalition. The Dera has remained in headlines because of the controversies related to sexual exploitation of the women and anti Sikhism activities. Last year when Dera chief had appeared in the dress resembling to the tenth Sikh Guru Sri Guru Gobind Singh  Ji , in a public meeting , it had triggered wide spread agitations by the Sikhs against the Dera. This turned violent and at many places clashes were reported between the Sikhs and the Dera followers.Situation could only be controlled after the intervention of the center government by pacifyiung the Sikh community.     Vested Interests Reasons behind the controversy are political as well religious. Some political parties are backing the Dera. They want to keep the people of Punjab engaged into violent activities. People only with political interests are fueling the violence. They have nothing to do, neither with Sikhism nor with Dera except their political ideology.       

  Court A Bihar fast track court in its judgment pronounced on Tuesday, have held Controversial Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP from Balia Suraj Singh alias Surajbhan Singh with two others guilty of murdering a farmer named Rami Singh over a land dispute 16 years ago. Surajbhan Singh represents Bihar’s Balia constituency in parliament and is considered to be very close the Union Minister of Steel and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan.        Incident Rami Singh, a resident of Mathurapur village in Begusarai district was shot on Jan 16, 1992 allegedly by Surajbhan Singh and his henchmen to avenge the killing of an associate Ramadhar Singh in a land dispute, according to the police complaint in the case. While an accused Pappu Singh had sought a separate trial, two others-Suro Singh and Shankar Singh- also convicted in the same case had been killed in an encounter before the case could go to trial. The fast court judge R P Dubey convicted MP Surajbhan Singh, Jaijairam Singh and Radha Singh. The quantum of sentence will be announced on Wednesday.   Related Facts It may also be recalled that Begusarai public prosecutor Ram Naresh Sharma who was earlier handling the same case was shot dead in his house in Begusarai on November 8, 2007.Hundereds of people, mostly supporters of Surajbhan Singh, had gathered outside the court since early afternoon to hear the court’s verdict that was announced amid tight security. Surajbhan Singh is accused in several criminal cases, including those of murder, extortion, kidnapping and looting. Soon after the court found him along with the two other convicts, police took them into custody, were handcuffed and sent to jail under judicial custody.       Criminalization of Politics In the last two months the judiciary has pronounced some judgments in which most politicians or their relatives were convicted .There is only the judiciary left in which people have some belief. Though some political parties have taken steps to stop the criminalization of the politics by not allowing the criminals to contest in the elections on the party tickets but that is not enough. Some concrete steps are needed to purge and purify all the political system from the criminal impurities. Courts are the last option to deal with the criminals it is the duty of the people and the political parties to disallow the criminal elements from entering into the [...]