<p>A video-journalist of a TV channel was injured when his crew was attacked by followers of Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, moments after a CBI court convicted him in a rape case today.<br /><br />Vehicles of media organisations were also attacked. The injured video-journalist was being rushed to a hospital.<br /><br />Security was beefed up with a heavy deployment of police and paramilitary personnel around the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters here as a special CBI court in Panchkula found the head of the sect guilty in a rape case.<br /><br />Barricades were put up at a distance of 3 kms from the Dera headquarters and the security personnel were equipped with tear gas shells and water cannons.<br /><br />The mounted police was also pressed into service. Hundreds of Haryana police and paramilitary personnel, drawn from the CRPF and the BSF, were kept on a maximum alert in anticipation of protests by the Dera chief's followers.<br /><br />Senior police officials said the security had been tightened further after the verdict and the overall situation was under control.<br />"We have deployed an adequate number of security personnel to tackle any eventuality. The situation has been under control so far," said A S Dhillon, Inspector General of Police, Hisar range.<br /><br />The Army was called out in Sirsa today with senior police officials carrying out a flag march outside the sect headquarters. "Two companies of the Army from Hisar district have been called out to maintain law-and-order in Sirsa," a top police officer said.<br />Scores of jawans, including 15,000 paramilitary personnel, have been deployed in the sensitive areas across Punjab and Haryana.</p>
<p>A video-journalist of a TV channel was injured when his crew was attacked by followers of Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, moments after a CBI court convicted him in a rape case today.<br /><br />Vehicles of media organisations were also attacked. The injured video-journalist was being rushed to a hospital.<br /><br />Security was beefed up with a heavy deployment of police and paramilitary personnel around the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters here as a special CBI court in Panchkula found the head of the sect guilty in a rape case.<br /><br />Barricades were put up at a distance of 3 kms from the Dera headquarters and the security personnel were equipped with tear gas shells and water cannons.<br /><br />The mounted police was also pressed into service. Hundreds of Haryana police and paramilitary personnel, drawn from the CRPF and the BSF, were kept on a maximum alert in anticipation of protests by the Dera chief's followers.<br /><br />Senior police officials said the security had been tightened further after the verdict and the overall situation was under control.<br />"We have deployed an adequate number of security personnel to tackle any eventuality. The situation has been under control so far," said A S Dhillon, Inspector General of Police, Hisar range.<br /><br />The Army was called out in Sirsa today with senior police officials carrying out a flag march outside the sect headquarters. "Two companies of the Army from Hisar district have been called out to maintain law-and-order in Sirsa," a top police officer said.<br />Scores of jawans, including 15,000 paramilitary personnel, have been deployed in the sensitive areas across Punjab and Haryana.</p>