Honeypreet Nepal bound? Cops step up vigil on border

SHAHJAHANPUR: A high alert has been sounded on the Indo-Nepal border here with senior police and Sashtra Seema Bal officials coordinating an intense search for the fugitive Honeypreet Insan, the adopted “daughter” of jailed Dear Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. After a tip-off from Haryana police that she could sneak into Nepal through the porous border UP shares with the country, the vigil was increased in the border areas. The Haryana police had on September 1 issued a lookout notice against Honeypreet.

Honeypreet’s photographs have been pasted at police stations bordering Nepal and the law and order machinery is on an alert to ensure she does not sneak into the neighbouring country.

Lakhimpur superintendent of police S Chanappa told TOI that Haryana police was suspecting that Honeypreet may cross the border somewhere in this area. “The border areas have been on an alert for a week after the officials from Haryana police suspected that Honeypreet may attempt to cross the border from here. The SSB is screening every person crossing the border,” the SP said.


The Uttar Pradesh police is also on an alert in Siddharth Nagar, Maharajganj, Lakhimpur Kheri and Bahraich districts which border Nepal, another official said.

UP shares a 599.3 km long open border with Nepal touching seven districts - Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Bahraich, Sravasti, Balrampur, Sidhharthnagar and Maharajganj.

Haryana police officials had recently come to Lakhimpur Kheri looking for the whereabouts of Honeypreet, one of the closest aides of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief.

Additional superintendent of police Ghanshyam Chaurasiya confirmed the arrival of two Haryana police personnel at Gaurifanta border in Kheri.

The Haryana police had shared some information with the Gaurifanta police and made inquiries about her suspected movement towards the neighbouring country through the porous India-Nepal border, the official said.

He said that an unclaimed vehicle bearing the registration number of Punjab was seized from the border and a probe was on to ascertain its ownership.

The SSB officials also caught two women with Rs 1.80 lakh of Indian currency at Sampoorna Nagar area on Indo-Nepal border. They were attempting to cross the border with the money. The details of the women were not shared as they were taken to the customs officials for interrogation.

Honeypreet, considered among Ram Rahim's possible successors as the head of the sect, has also acted in the film 'MSG 2 - The Messenger' and had a guest appearance in 'MSG - The Warrior Lion Heart', in which the Dera chief played the lead roles.