Honeypreet giving investigators the run-around
Gurmeet Ram Rahim's closest aide Honeypreet Insan is still giving sleepless nights to the investigators who have failed to extract information from her under interrogation.
Police have now accused Honeypreet of noncooperation and also providing misleading answers.
They also could not establish her presence in Bathinda and other nearby towns. The house in which she allegedly stayed has been locked since last six years.
Honeypreet is the adopted daughter of Dera Sacha Sauda leader, Ram Rahim
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh with adopted daughter Honeypreet at a film launch
'Honeypreet was not fully cooperating with police in investigation and was evasive in her replies.
'She is misleading the police,' Panchkula police commissioner, AS Chawla said.
Sources said Honeypreet used as much as 17 different SIM cards during the 38 days of her mysterious disappearance — of which three SIMs were international.
It is still not known whether the SIMs had ISD activation or were foreign. The police are now keen to get details about the SIM cards used by Honeypreet who is not ready to answer any question pertaining to her communication methods.
Police asked Honeypreet 40 questions over her role in the Panchkula violence
Honeypreet denied the allegations when she was asked about whom she had spoken to and the exact number of international SIM cards and mobile phones she had used.
She in fact, claimed that she lost her mobile phone. Sources added Honeypreet's accomplice Sukhdeep Kaur has given important leads about the latter.
Honeypreet Insan (left) is the adopted daughter and aide to Dera Sacha Sauda leader, Ram Rahim
When her mobile phone location was tracked, it indicated that she might have stayed in Tarn-Taran village for some time.
'Honeypreet had many SIM cards. She would also destroy some and throw away the rest. She also used few international numbers. She would ask me to get down as and when she had to speak to someone,' the accomplice told the cops.
Police now have started looking for Honeypreet's mobile phone and find out the IMEI number, so that the calls made are tracked.
Sukhdeep has also provided informations about fugitive Dr Aditya Insan and Pawan Insan who were in touch with Honeypreet. Police have now planned fresh raids in Rajasthan and Punjab to nab the top Dera functionaries. Honeypreet, reportedly used to manage Dera's cash reserves.
She managed all Dera finances and had also sanctioned Rs 5 crore to manage crowds and goons in Panchkula.
Arrested Panchkula Dera unit in-charge Chamkaur Singh has told the police that he was given Rs 1.25 crore to handle the situation in Panchkula.
This was part of the Rs 5 crore cash which was sent to Panchkula alone. Police had recovered Rs 25 lakh in cash from his possession. Meanwhile, in another development, IT experts hired by the Haryana Police have successfully retrieved data from one of the 65 hard drives that were recovered from Sirsa on September 14 when Dera's IT head Vineet Kumar was trying to put them inside a pit within the Dera complex.
Data recovery from a partially damaged drive has led to the discovery of transactions and investment details worth around Rs 700 crore, sources said, adding as per the directions of the court, the hard drive will be handed over to the Enforcement Directorate, which has been asked by the court to probe the allegations of money laundering against Gurmeet Ram Rahim.
Sukhdeep went on to add, 'Honeypreet had all the knowledge about what media said about her. She used to cover the glasses of her car with towel. I was with her in Delhicourt. We had travelled from Bathinda.'