<p>The security has been tightened in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, bordering Haryana, in view of the sentencing of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case, police said today.<br /><br />The Shamli district authorities had sealed roads connecting the district with Haryana.<br /><br />The police are checking all vehicles on Panipat-Kairana highway and Karnal-Meerut highway before letting them enter or leave the district, SP Ajaypal Sharma said.<br /><br />Additional forces have also been deployed in the district to prevent any untoward incident, he said.<br />Police are keeping an eye on activities of followers of Dera Sacha Sauda, which has two Ashrams in Shamli district, he said.<br /><br />Also all the schools in the district are closed today, an official said.<br /><br />Prohibitory orders barring assembly more than five people were in force in the district.<br /><br />The hearing on quantum of sentence against the 50-year- old self-styled godman, now lodged in Rohtak jail, will be held today.<br /><br />After the Dera chief was convicted by a CBI court in Panchkula on August 25, his followers went on rampage setting fire to vehicles and railway stations, and damaging public and private properties. Thirty-eight people were killed and more than 250 injured in violence in Panchkula and Sirsa.</p>
<p>The security has been tightened in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, bordering Haryana, in view of the sentencing of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case, police said today.<br /><br />The Shamli district authorities had sealed roads connecting the district with Haryana.<br /><br />The police are checking all vehicles on Panipat-Kairana highway and Karnal-Meerut highway before letting them enter or leave the district, SP Ajaypal Sharma said.<br /><br />Additional forces have also been deployed in the district to prevent any untoward incident, he said.<br />Police are keeping an eye on activities of followers of Dera Sacha Sauda, which has two Ashrams in Shamli district, he said.<br /><br />Also all the schools in the district are closed today, an official said.<br /><br />Prohibitory orders barring assembly more than five people were in force in the district.<br /><br />The hearing on quantum of sentence against the 50-year- old self-styled godman, now lodged in Rohtak jail, will be held today.<br /><br />After the Dera chief was convicted by a CBI court in Panchkula on August 25, his followers went on rampage setting fire to vehicles and railway stations, and damaging public and private properties. Thirty-eight people were killed and more than 250 injured in violence in Panchkula and Sirsa.</p>