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Ram Rahim Gets 20 Years In Jail For 2 Rape Cases: 10 Facts

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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 ...

Ram Rahim Gets 10 Years In Jail For Raping 2 Followers: 10 Facts

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Ram Rahim Gets 10 Years In Jail For Raping 2 Followers: 10 Facts Locals in Rohtak have been asked to stay indoors as a preventive measure ahead of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's sentencing. All schools and colleges are closed in Haryana, and some also in neighbouring Punjab. ROHTAK, HARYANA:   Self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 50, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the rape of two women followers. He was sentenced at a jail in Haryana's Rohtak by Judge Jagdeep Singh who flew down by government helicopter to conduct prison-side court proceedings. Thousands of soldiers are guarding the prison and the army is on stand by. No civilians are being allowed within 10 km of the prison. Over a lakh of Ram Rahim's followers had gathered in Panchkula, where he was convicted on Friday, and they erupted in violence that left 38 people dead and over 200 injured. Here are the 10 latest developments in this big story: 1) Ram Rahim, 50,...

Multi-Layered Security Near Rohtak Jail Where Ram Rahim, Qaidi No 1997, Is Kept

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Multi-Layered Security Near Rohtak Jail Where Ram Rahim,  Qaidi  No 1997, Is Kept ROHTAK: Multi-layered security arrangements have been made around the Rohtak jail in Haryana where Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been kept after being convicted in a 15-year-old rape case on Friday. The 50-year-old self-styled godman will be sentenced on Monday, with court proceedings to be held at the prison. The Dera chief, who was convicted by a court in the state's Panchkula of raping two of his women followers at his ashram in 2002, was flown in a government helicopter to Rohtak and has been kept in a special cell at the District Jail at Sanoria, about 10 km from the city. Border Security Force (BSF) and Haryana police personnel are stationed in the vicinity of the jail and along the roads that lead up to it and the army is regularly patrolling the area. Huge deployement of security near Rohtak jail where Dera chief Ram Rahim has been kept. ...