Bittu taken into preventive custody over antiDera comments

Thursday, February 7, 2008, 21:02 [IST]

Ludhiaana, Feb 7 (UNI) Radical Sikh leader Daljit Singh Bittu was taken into preventive custody today as he had thrteatened to disrupt a Dera Sacha Sauda function at Salabatpura in Bathinda district.

Bittu was associated with SAD (Mann) untill his expulsion few months back for anti-party activities.

He was taken into custody after he had made anti-Dera statements and publicly praised those who had carried out an attack on the Dera Chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh's cavalcade last Saturday.

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