Rape-convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s counsels have pleaded before the Punjab and Haryana high court that the Dera chief cannot pay Rs 30 lakh fine to rape survivor as he has renounced the world. According to The Indian Express, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Sudhir Mittal admitted the self-styled Godman’s[Read More…]
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Ram Rahim appeals against his conviction in rape case
Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, on Monday appealed in Punjab and Haryana High Court against his conviction in twin rape cases. The Dera chief was convicted by Panchkula’s Special CBI Court on 25 August for raping two of his female followers. He was awarded 20 years imprisonment[Read More…]
Panchkula: Security tightened ahead of Ram Rahim’s hearing in murder cases
Ahead of the hearings of two separate murder cases against Dera chief, Ram Rahim Singh, security has been tightened in Panchkula. The hearing will begin through video conferencing by Special CBI judge Jagdeep Singh on Saturday. Years ago, Dera followers and functionaries had allegedly murdered Sirsa-based journalist, Ram Chander Chhatrapati,[Read More…]
Human remains buried inside Ram Rahim’s properties, says Dera Sacha Sauda Mouthpiece
Just before authorities will start a search and sanitization operation inside the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters campus near Sirsa town in Haryana, the sect’s mouthpiece “Sach Kahoon” has disclosed that human remains were buried inside the properties. The newspaper defended the action of Dera management in burying human remains saying[Read More…]
‘Lookout notice’ issued against Honeypreet Singh for conspiring to free father Ram Rahim
The Haryana Police on Friday issued a lookout notice against jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief’s adopted daughter, Honeypreet Insaan and key Dera functionary, Aditya Insaan. As per the police, they were looking into allegations of a conspiracy to liberate Ram Rahim Singh after he was convicted in rape case on[Read More…]
Angry Dera followers flush Ram Rahim’s photos down the drain in his home town
Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district is the birthplace of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief. However, people in his hometown have expressed their anger after the Sauda head was found guilty of raping two of his women followers, by flushing down thousands of his photographs. Devendra Rathore, the chief[Read More…]
Ram Rahim verdict: Son of slain journalist finds verdict ‘satisfactory’
After the court sentenced Dera chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, to ten years of imprisonment, Anshul Chhatrapati; son of slain journalist, Ramchandra Chhatrapati, who had exposed the Dera Sacha Sauda chief; expressed satisfaction over the judgement. “The verdict of the court is satisfactory. We have been saying since long that[Read More…]
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh gets 20 years in jail in two rape cases; 10-yr sentences to run consecutively
Justice was finally delivered in the 15-year old Dera chief Ram Rahim rape case when the self-styled godman was sentenced to an imprisonment of 20 years. The courtroom was in Rohtak jail, where Rahim was residing since the verdict in the case came out last Friday. “Judge announced 10 years[Read More…]
Ram Rahim gets 10 years in jail for raping two women
Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Monday for raping two women followers. He was sentenced at a jail in Haryana’s Rohtak by Judge Jagdeep Singh. Singh flew down on government helicopter to conduct proceedings in prison-side court. The CBI Court in[Read More…]
Mann Ki Baat: Those who take law in their hands will not be spared, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday was addressing the nation on the 35th Mann Ki Baat on All India Radio. In an apparent reference to the violence in Haryana, Modi said that those who take law in their hands and resort to violence will not be spared. Without mentioning the[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: Section 144 imposed in nine districts bordering Punjab, Haryana
Following the ongoing tension in Haryana and Punjab over the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the state government on Saturday imposed Section 144 (Unlawful Assembly) of the Criminal Procedure Code in west Uttar Pradesh’s nine districts bordering the two states. This is because followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief,[Read More…]
Multi-layered security deployed near Rohtak jail Ram Rahim is kept
Multi-layered security has been deployed near Rohtak jail where Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, has been kept after being convicted in a rape case on Friday. The self-styled godman will be sentenced on Monday. Ram Rahim was convicted by a court in Panchkula of raping two of[Read More…]
Rape convict Ram Rahim to receive punishment via video-conferencing: Haryana DGP
Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who has been convicted by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court, will receive the punishment through video conferencing, Haryana Director General of Police (DGP), B S Sandhu on Saturday apprised. Addressing the press conference, Sandhu said,”Our efforts remain to make[Read More…]
AK-47, pistols recovered from Ram Rahim base in Sirsa
The Haryana government on Saturday evening informed that state police have recovered an AK 47, five pistols and other weapons from two vehicles of Dera followers and registered two sedition cases against followers, including private security guards, of controversial godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. FIRs[Read More…]
Royal treatment for Dera chief Ram Rahim in Rohtak goes viral on social media
A picture of Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a self-styled godman getting royal treatment after being convicted on the rape charges is getting viral on social media. A woman whom the Dera website describes as his daughter (not real daughter), was allowed to accompany him along with[Read More…]
Ram Rahim case: Police detains 15 Dera followers from Sirsa compound
Since Friday night, police have detained 15 Dera Sacha Sauda followers in Sirsa even as the authorities have appealed to over one lakh supporters still present in the sect headquarters to vacate the premises. The situation in Sirsa remained tense but under control, according to police. “Police have detained 15[Read More…]
Ram Rahim’s new film poster on cross-border terror attacks on Indian army camp floods across Social media
The second online poster of Ram Rahim’s new film got an insane response on Social media. Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s new film wasn’t just about auspicious numerology but Indian Soldiers in warpaint and Saint Dr MSG in a dashing commando outfit made an online blast. Co-directed by his daughter, the Indian[Read More…]