A year ago, there was may­hem on the streets of Panchkula, near Chandi­garh when Dera Sauda fol­low­ers went berserk af­ter the pseudo-saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim was sen­tenced for 20 years for rape of his lady fol­low­ers. One year ago, the fol­low­ers have dwin­dled, prop­erty worth mil­lions still in­tact in Pun­jab, those held for in­sti­gat­ing vi­o­lence let out bail, spokesper­son Aditya In­san still ab­scond­ing and their char­la­tan psy­cho read­ing thou­sands of birth­day greet­ings in the Sunaria jail in Haryana.

Sirsa, Haryana, 25 Au­gust, WSN News Bu­reau