Self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced on
Monday to 10 years in jail for rape, days after his conviction triggered
clashes between his group and the police, killing at least 38 people.
Guru Ram Rahim rape case verdict
Tens of thousands of Singh’s supporters set fire to cars and
vandalised property in Haryana on Friday, minutes after he was found guilty of
raping two of his followers. Hours before Singh was sentenced in Rohtak, mobile
internet was cut off, infrastructure barricaded and armed soldiers manned
checkpoints.
A judge was flown in a helicopter to ruling the 50-year-old
spiritual leader known as the “guru in bling” for his penchant for bejewelled
costumes. Singh, who claims to have more than 50 million followers worldwide,
could face a minimum seven years in prison for raping two of his female
devotees.
The rape case was brought next to him after an anonymous
letter was sent to after that prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002
accusing Singh of repeatedly raping the sender and quite a lot of other women
in the Dera Sacha Sauda sect.
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