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2002 Murder Case: Punjab & Haryana HC Acquits Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim

The Punjab and Haryana High Court acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the murder case of his former manager Ranjit Singh on Tuesday.

Concurrent Imprisonment for Rape Charges

The Sirsa-headquartered sect chief, concurrently serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples, is presently confined in Sunaria jail in Rohtak, Haryana.

“The high court has acquitted him in the Ranjit Singh murder case,” stated Dera chief’s lawyer Jitender Khurana.

Background of the Case

A special CBI court in 2021, sentenced Ram Rahim and four others to life imprisonment in the 19-year-old murder case of Ranjit Singh, a former manager of the Dera. Singh, also a follower of the sect, was shot dead on July 10, 2002, at Khanpur Kolian village in Haryana’s Kurukshetra.

He was murdered for his suspected role in the circulation of an anonymous letter, which narrated how women were being sexually exploited by the sect head at the Dera headquarters. Following his conviction by the CBI court in Panchkula, the sect chief appealed to the High Court.

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