Hisar Godman

Days after self-styled godman Rampal and a few followers were convicted of murder in two separate cases, a Haryana court sentenced him and 13 others to life imprisonment in a second case of homicide on Wednesday. The Hisar Additional District and Sessions Judge found the 67-year-old and his followers guilty of murder, wrongful confinement of people...

Self-styled godman Rampal was convicted in two cases of murder by a court in Haryana today. High security is in place in Hisar district, 183 km from Delhi, with prohibitory orders issued.

So-called "Godman" Rampal, whose arrest for murder caused a tense two-week standoff between his followers and the police three years ago, will be in a court in Haryana's Hisar today for a decision on whether he is guilty. Six died in clashes that preceded his arrest. Yesterday, another spiritual leader, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Sing...

Haryana will witness the verdict on another self-styled godman, Rampal, whose arrest in a murder case caused a terse two-week standoff between his followers and the police three years ago. The siege and clashes that preceded his arrest cost six lives. The 67-year-old is accused of conspiracy in a 11-year-old case, in which his supporters had opened...

A local court has remanded 14 disciples of self-styled godman Rampal of Satlok Ashram Barwala to two days' police remand in connection with a case registered on November 18, police said today.

Arrested 'godman' Rampal was today taken to his Satlok Ashram in connection with the probe being conducted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Haryana Police, which will question him on the recoveries, including arms and ammunition, that have been made.

Rampal Maharaj, the self-styled "godman" arrested this week from his 12-acre Haryana ashram, has been booked in 35 new cases that include the charge of murder, rioting and illegal confinement of people. He has been shifted to a jail in Haryana's Hisar where he will be questioned by a special police team.

There are no more people inside the sprawling 12-acre ashram of Rampal, a self-styled "godman" in Haryana, and it has been sealed and handed over to the CRPF.

In more trouble for controversial 'godman' Rampal, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today cancelled his bail in a 2006 murder case, a day after he was nabbed, even as police flushed out more people from his ashram.

Rampal Maharaj, the 63-year-old guru who was arrested from his fortified ashram in Haryana last night, will be kept at the Hisar Central Jail till November 28, when a contempt case against him will be heard again. His ashram has been sealed and handed over to the CRPF.

Rampal Maharaj, the 63-year-old guru who was arrested from his fortified ashram in Haryana last night, has said he regrets the deaths of six of his followers, but stressed that he did not use his devotees as a human shield in a lengthy and violent stand-off with the police.

Rampal, the controversial guru arrested last night from his Haryana ashram after a two-week stand-off with the police, will be produced in court today. The 63-year-old has been charged with sedition or waging war against the nation. In hospital today, he said "I am sorry about death of followers, but didn't use any as a human shield."

Controversial guru Rampal was arrested from his Satlok Ashram at Hisar's Haryana at 9.21 pm on Wednesday. The 63-year-old, who is facing charges of sedition or waging war against the nation, did not surrender.

In 2000, Rampal Dass, a junior engineer in the Haryana irrigation department was sacked. He now heads a dera or cult worth Rs 100 crores and goes by the name of Sarguru Rampal Ji Maharaj.

Four women and an 18-month-old baby have died at controversial guru Rampal's ashram in Haryana's Hisar, where thousands of his followers clashed with the police on Tuesday and used acid, bombs and gunfire to try and stop his arrest in connection with a murder case.

Days after self-styled godman Rampal and a few followers were convicted of murder in two separate cases, a Haryana court sentenced him and 13 others to life imprisonment in a second case of homicide on Wednesday. The Hisar Additional District and Sessions Judge found the 67-year-old and his followers guilty of murder, wrongful confinement of people...

Self-styled godman Rampal was convicted in two cases of murder by a court in Haryana today. High security is in place in Hisar district, 183 km from Delhi, with prohibitory orders issued.

So-called "Godman" Rampal, whose arrest for murder caused a tense two-week standoff between his followers and the police three years ago, will be in a court in Haryana's Hisar today for a decision on whether he is guilty. Six died in clashes that preceded his arrest. Yesterday, another spiritual leader, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Sing...

Haryana will witness the verdict on another self-styled godman, Rampal, whose arrest in a murder case caused a terse two-week standoff between his followers and the police three years ago. The siege and clashes that preceded his arrest cost six lives. The 67-year-old is accused of conspiracy in a 11-year-old case, in which his supporters had opened...

A local court has remanded 14 disciples of self-styled godman Rampal of Satlok Ashram Barwala to two days' police remand in connection with a case registered on November 18, police said today.

Arrested 'godman' Rampal was today taken to his Satlok Ashram in connection with the probe being conducted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Haryana Police, which will question him on the recoveries, including arms and ammunition, that have been made.

Rampal Maharaj, the self-styled "godman" arrested this week from his 12-acre Haryana ashram, has been booked in 35 new cases that include the charge of murder, rioting and illegal confinement of people. He has been shifted to a jail in Haryana's Hisar where he will be questioned by a special police team.

There are no more people inside the sprawling 12-acre ashram of Rampal, a self-styled "godman" in Haryana, and it has been sealed and handed over to the CRPF.

In more trouble for controversial 'godman' Rampal, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today cancelled his bail in a 2006 murder case, a day after he was nabbed, even as police flushed out more people from his ashram.

Rampal Maharaj, the 63-year-old guru who was arrested from his fortified ashram in Haryana last night, will be kept at the Hisar Central Jail till November 28, when a contempt case against him will be heard again. His ashram has been sealed and handed over to the CRPF.

Rampal Maharaj, the 63-year-old guru who was arrested from his fortified ashram in Haryana last night, has said he regrets the deaths of six of his followers, but stressed that he did not use his devotees as a human shield in a lengthy and violent stand-off with the police.

Rampal, the controversial guru arrested last night from his Haryana ashram after a two-week stand-off with the police, will be produced in court today. The 63-year-old has been charged with sedition or waging war against the nation. In hospital today, he said "I am sorry about death of followers, but didn't use any as a human shield."

Controversial guru Rampal was arrested from his Satlok Ashram at Hisar's Haryana at 9.21 pm on Wednesday. The 63-year-old, who is facing charges of sedition or waging war against the nation, did not surrender.

In 2000, Rampal Dass, a junior engineer in the Haryana irrigation department was sacked. He now heads a dera or cult worth Rs 100 crores and goes by the name of Sarguru Rampal Ji Maharaj.

Four women and an 18-month-old baby have died at controversial guru Rampal's ashram in Haryana's Hisar, where thousands of his followers clashed with the police on Tuesday and used acid, bombs and gunfire to try and stop his arrest in connection with a murder case.