Ram Rahim Gets 20 Years In Jail For 2 Rape Cases: 10 Facts
Ram Rahim Gets 20 Years In Jail For 2 Rape Cases: 10 Facts
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh sentencing: The Dera Sacha Sauda chief's lawyers, who today pleaded for a lighter sentence in view of what they called his philanthropic work, have said they will appeal in a higher court.
ROHTAK, HARYANA: Self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was today sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of two women followers in 2002, by a judge who flew by government helicopter to conduct court at a prison in Haryana's Rohtak. The 50-year-old chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect sat on the floor and wept as he was sentenced. Ahead of the judge's order today, thousands of soldiers enforced a lockdown Rohtak and other parts of Haryana and Punjab, where Ram Rahim has a mass following. His followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted on Friday, with 38 people killed and over 200 were injured in the violence. There were no reports of violence today after Ram Rahim was sentenced.
Here are the 10 latest developments in this big story:
- 1) Ram Rahim will serve two 10-year terms consecutively in the two rape cases, Judge Jagdeep Singh ruled and has also fined him Rs. 15 lakh in each case. "Mujhe maaf kar do (Please forgive me)," said Ram Rahim as he wept in court, pleading that he is innocent. His lawyers sought a lighter sentence in view of what they called his humanitarian work, have said they will appeal in a higher court.
- 2) The two women who accused Ram Rahim of raping them 15 years ago have sought more punishment for Ram Rahim and their lawyer asked investigators to probe dozens more alleged cases of abuse. The CBI has asked the court to consider a longer prison term for the Dera chief.
- 3) Ram Rahim will be medically examined and then will behave to wear prison clothes as prisoner number 1997 at the Rohtak jail. Since Friday, when he was flown to Rohtak in a luxury helicopter, Ram Rahim reportedly occupied a special cell and was given bottled water and was allowed an assistant, amid massive criticism.
- 4) "The situation in the state is peaceful, strict action will be taken against those who try to disturb peace," said Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar, after an emergency meeting with top ministers, bureaucrats and police officers at his home in Chandigarh.
- 5) The CBI court judge delivered sentence at the Rohtak prison today to prevent a repeat of Friday's violence, when tens of thousands of Ram Rahim's supporters set fire to cars and clashed with security forces in violence that began outside the court in the town of Panchkula and spread to other places.
- 6) The police had deployed tear gas and water cannons, but with little impact. It was clear the authorities grossly underestimated the risk posed by the army of Ram Rahim's devotees.
- 7) Today, thousands of paramilitary troops and anti-riot police blocked all roads near the Rohtak prison. The Army has been on standby. Residents were warned to stay indoors and large gatherings were banned in Rohtak. All schools and colleges in Haryana were closed today.
- 8) Senior members of Ram Rahim's Dera Sacha Sauda sect were placed under detention as a precautionary measure. Over the weekend, more than 100 branches of the sect were sanitised and sealed across Haryana. Petrol cans and sticks were found stockpiled.
- 9) The police in Sirsa, where Ram Rahim's 1,000-acre main base is located, have been urging his devotees to emerge from the campus. Tens of thousands left Sirsa for their homes in buses since yesterday and the police said thousands still remain and are refusing to leave. The Dera chief's followers insist the flamboyant Ram Rahim is innocent.
- 10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned yesterday that "violence is not acceptable in the nation, in any form". But his party, the BJP, which governs Haryana, has come under heavy fire for failing to prevent the outbreak of violence and allowing the 50-year-old guru to travel in a luxury chopper to jail.
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