Ram Rahim rape verdict

Jaswinder Singh Baidwan

Akhran da mureed
Staff member
2.49 pm: Ram Rahim Singh’s counsel argues that he is a social worker who has worked for welfare of people, so judge should take a lenient view when awarding the quantum of sentence.
 

Jaswinder Singh Baidwan

Akhran da mureed
Staff member
3.10 pm: Quantum of punishment to be announced anytime now. Gurmeet Ram Rahim could be sentenced to a minimum of seven years jail. It can also extend up to life.
 

Jaswinder Singh Baidwan

Akhran da mureed
Staff member
3.15 pm: Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is holding a security review meeting with DGP, Chief Secretary and other senior officials.
 

Dhillon

Dhillon Sa'aB™
Staff member
3:23 pm: Reports of arson from Sirsa’s Phulkan village, located within 1 km radius of Dera headquarters, say sources. Two vehicles reportedly set on fire by dera followers.
 

Jaswinder Singh Baidwan

Akhran da mureed
Staff member
15:31 Ram Rahim sentenced to 10 years in jail: CBI special court judge Jagdeep Singh has sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 10 years in jail for rape and criminal intimidation of two female disciples in 2002. The Dera chief was held guilty by a special CBI court in the 2002 rape case in Panchkula on Friday, following which the Dera supporters went on a rampage setting fire to vehicles and railway stations, and damaging public and private properties. The CBI had asked for 10 years in jail.

At least 38 people were killed and more than 250 injured in violence in Panchkula and Sirsa.

The violence also spread to several other parts of Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Noida that led to Section 144 being imposed in parts of Haryana and Delhi.

Ram Rahim was flown out of Panchkula in a helicopter after his conviction as his followers broke into rioting and arson. To prevent a repeat, the judge is delivering the sentence at the Rohtak prison today.
 
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