The Prime Minister Modi strongly condemned the violence and urged everyone to maintain peace.About 29 people have been killed and more than 250 injured as violence erupted in Haryana and Punjab after Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted in a rape case by a CBI court in Panchkula.The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on August 28.Dera described the court’s verdict as unjust, and said it would appeal against it.