Chandigarh, Feb. 21 -- The court of chief judicial magistrate on Tuesday sent Pardeep Kaler, an accused in the five sacrilege cases in 2015, to 4-day police remand.

Kaler was one of the three absconding Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda national committee members and was arrested by the crime investigation agency (CIA) of Faridkot police from Gurugram on February 10.

Punjab Police had issued a look-out circular (LOC) against Kaler in three interlinked sacrilege cases of Faridkot, including Bargari in which dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been named as the main conspirator, in November 2021. He was declared a proclaimed offender in sacrilege cases by the courts.

In February last year, the Supreme Court had transferred the trial agains...