Twenty-four people, including six women, have been arrested for sedition and other heinous charges while 15 others have been held for breach of prohibitory orders in Sirsa after a verdict against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for rape of sadhvis.

Those arrested for sedition include three young women in their early twenties from Fatehabad town–Garima and Neha from Nehar Colony and Parul from the DSP road of Fatehabad.

The police have identified three other women as Sheena from Hansi, Amarjeet Kaur from Shah Satnam Singh Nagar, Sirsa, and Gurjeet Kaur from Sukhnagar Colony of Sirsa.