MYSORE:The Karnatka police on Sunday, apprehending  threat to the life of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, shifted him to an undisclosed destination after his presence here irked members of the Sikh community.

The controversial Dera chief arrived here from Bangalore on Saturday evening in a bullet-proof car and headed straight to the sect's Prathana Mandir at Siddalingapara on the outskirts.

Police guarded the mandir, not allowing anyone to meet the Dera chief, and later shifted him to an undisclosed place after some Sikh youths staged a protest on Sunday morning.

On landing at Bengaluru International Airport, he was asked by the police not to proceed to Delhi as they apprehended a threat to his life and instead brought to Mysore for reasons of safety.

The head of the Haryana-based sect, which has earned the wrath of the Sikh clergy, got into a fresh row after a youth was killed and two others injured when his bodyguard opened fire on Sikh protesters in Mumbai on Friday.