Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Sentenced To Life Imprisonment In Journalist's Murder Case!
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court in Panchkula on 17th January, in the murder case of a journalist.
Dera
Sacha
Sauda
chief
Gurmeet
Ram
Rahim
Singh
has
been
sentenced
to
life
imprisonment
by
a
special
CBI
court
in
Panchkula
on
17th
January,
in
the
murder
case
of
a
journalist.
Reportedly,
the
three
other
convicts,
Kuldeep
Singh,
Nirmal
Singh
and
Krishan
Lal
have
also
been
awarded
life
imprisonment
along
with
a
fine
of
Rs
50,000
each.
As
per
PTI,
the
quantum
of
sentence
was
pronounced
to
Ram
Rahim
and
the
others
through
video
conference
after
the
Haryana
government
filed
a
plea
seeking
the
appearance
of
sect's
leader
via
video
in
the
murder
case
of
Ram
Chander
Chhatrapati,
according
to
CBI
Counsel
HPS
Verma.
Meanwhile,
the
journalist's
daughter
Shreyasi
Chhatrapati
said
that
her
family
is
satisfied
with
the
quantam
of
punishment
awarded
by
the
court
to
Baba
Ram
Rahim.
She
was
quoted
as
saying,
"Though
we
were
demanding
capital
punishment,
this
sentence
is
no
less
than
the
death
sentence
as
he
will
not
be
able
to
come
out
of
the
jail
for
his
entire
life.
He
will
be
behind
bars
till
his
last
breath."
She
further
added,
"Gurmeet
will
now
remember
his
crime
every
day
and
then
weep
while
being
in
jail.
We
are
satisfied
with
the
quantum
of
punishment
pronounced
by
the
court."
For
those
who
ain't
aware,
Ramchander
Chhatrapati
was
shot
in
October
2002
outside
his
house
after
his
newspaper
'Poora
Sach'
published
an
anonymous
letter
narrating
how
women
were
being
sexually
exploited
by
Gurmeet
Ram
Rahim
Singh
at
the
Dera
Sacha
Sauda
headquarters
in
Sirsa.
Chhatrapati
succumbed
to
the
bullet
injuries
after
3
weeks.
Currently,
Gurmeet
Ram
Rahim
Singh
is
serving
20-year
prison
term
in
Rohtak's
Sunaria
jail
for
raping
two
women
followers.