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PANCHKULA/CHANDIGARH: Over 10,000 followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect have entered Panchkula despite prohibitory orders ahead of a court verdict this Friday in an alleged rape case against chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh , and police personnel are on alert amid apprehensions of unrest.According to intelligence inputs, around 10 lakh dera followers are expected to gather in Panchkula, Chandigarh, Mohali - or Tricity - on the day of the verdict. The special CBI court has ordered the dera chief to be present in court. Panchkula deputy commissioner Gauri Prasher Joshi told TOI that all hotels, guest houses and dharamshalas were being checked as part of the security drive, adding that no one was allowed to rent a room in the district without police verification.In Chandigarh, a cricket stadium at Sector 16 that served as the training ground for the likes of Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh will be converted into a temporary jail on August 25 to detain dera followers who arrive for the verdict.They will be released, a cop said, when the “situation normalises“.Spread over 15.32 acres, the stadium can accommodate over 20,000 people. Chandigarh has imposed Section 144 of CrPC, and SSP Nilamabri Vijay Jagdale said, on Friday, over 3,500 cops would be deployed in the city and on borders adjoining Punjab and Haryana.Seven companies of paramilitary forces have been requested from the Centre, and leaves of all cops cancelled till August 31. Those on leave have been asked to join back immediately.