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Chandigarh: Honeypreet Insan, who was arrested by the Haryana Police from Zirakpur-Patiala road in Punjab on Tuesday after being on the run for over a month, has made a sensational disclosure during the initial interrogation.

Sources have told Times Now that Honeypreet allegedly told Haryana Police after her arrest earlier today that she was in touch with several Congress leaders during the period she had been on the run.

However, no details on the names of the Congress leaders were available as yet.

Sources said several Congress leaders in Punjab could have helped Honeypreet evade police.

The Congress leaders had been llegedly advising her on what she should do, where she should stay, where and how she should surrender etc. She was also getting some insider help from the Haryana Police, sources added.

It is being reported that Honeypreet, the 'adopted daughter' of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, would first undergo a medical test today before being interrogated further.

She would be produced by the police before a court tomorrow to obtain her further custody.

Honeypreet is wanted by the Haryana Police in connection with the violence witnessed in Panchkula and other parts of Haryana following Ram Rahim's conviction in a rape case on August 25.

Ram Rahim was sentenced to 20 years in jail three days later.

Priyanka Taneja alias Honeypreet tops the list of 43 people 'wanted' by the Haryana Police in connection with the incidents of violence that left 41 people dead and several injured following Ram Rahim's conviction.

Talking to media persons at Panchkula, Police Commissioner AS Chawla said, "She has been taken into custody by SIT in-charge (Mukesh Kumar) from Zirakpur-Patiala road in Punjab. She is being brought to Panchkula for questioning in connection with the incidents of violence.”

"Her role in the violence (after Ram Rahim's conviction on August 25) will be probed...who provided her shelter or support during her run from police will also be produced. She will be produced before a court (in Panchkula) tomorrow and we will seek her police remand," Chawla said.

Chawla also said that another woman who was accompanying her was also taken into custody. He said Punjab Police has been informed about the arrest.

Honeypreet's arrest came hours after she appeared on two private TV channels.

Honeypreet had accompanied Ram Rahim from the sect headquarters at Sirsa to a special CBI court in Panchkula on August 25. After the Dera chief's conviction on that day, she also accompanied him in a chopper when he was flown to Rohtak to be lodged in a jail.

There had been no trace of Honeypreet after the evening of August 25.

A lookout notice and later an arrest warrant was issued by the Haryana Police against Honeypreet.

(With PTI inputs)