Ram Rahim Guilty Of Rape

While taking Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to jail after he was held guilty of rape last week, the Haryana police stymied an attempt by the self-appointed spiritual leader's "commandos" to free him, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, self-styled spiritual guru to millions, broke down in court today and pleaded for mercy as he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping two women. But the CBI is pushing for life imprisonment citing precedents - and the two women he has been found guilty of raping in 2002 at his ashram say he deserves that. The CBI tod...

As a judge sentenced him to 20 years in jail today, self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh refused to leave the courtroom and wept, begging for leniency. "Mujhe maaf kar do (forgive me)," pleaded the flamboyant chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, who claims a legion of followers.

To sentence self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a judge flew into Rohtak in Haryana today on a government helicopter. After landing at a helipad near the prison where the "Guru of Bling" was incarcerated late on Friday night, Justice Jagdeep Singh was escorted with thick security cover to a makeshift prison created within the jail l...

The sentence against rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was declared by a special CBI court today. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison as he was announced guilty of raping two women in a 2002 case. Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda in Punjab, Haryana and other cities, burned down gas stations and train stations and torched vehicles after Dera...

Hours before self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim set out for Panchkula court from his sprawling 800-acre base in Sirsa on Friday, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief had put out a video message. In this, he was seen asking the tens of thousands of the Dera followers who had reached Panchkula to go back home.

Self-styled spiritual guru and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was moved to a prison in Haryana's Rohtak late Friday as a court in Panchkula found him guilty of raping two women followers in 2002.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a self-styled spiritual guru and head of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, has been moved to a prison in Haryana's Rohtak. The rape convict will be lodged in a special cell, will get bottled mineral water and an assistant to stay with him, sources in the Haryana jail said.

After Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was held guilty of rape by a court in Panchkula yesterday, a retired CBI officer who headed the investigations against the influential Dera Sacha Sauda chief revealed that he was under pressure to close the case and described it as a "game of wits".

Self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, held guilty of raping two women followers by a court in Haryana's Panchkula today, found strong support in BJP lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj, who said the chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect is being "harassed." 30 people have died and 250 are injured in violence that erupted after the court's verdict, in Panchk...

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was flown out of Panchkula by helicopter on Friday evening, as clashes, arson and violence erupted in the Haryana town soon after a court found the self-styled spiritual guru guilty of raping two women followers 15 years ago.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the chief of the influential Dera Sacha Sauda sect, was held guilty of rape today by a court in a 15-year-old case - a verdict which led to clashes, arson and violence by his supporters. Two women followers who accused the self-styled "godman" of sexually assaulting and threatening them, have been living in fear; their lawy...

At a time when our elected leaders genuflect before self-styled godmen of every ilk, it took a court to take a stand.

Followers of self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh turned violent on Friday after he was found guilty of raping two women followers by a Panchkula court and convicted. He has been arrested and will be sentenced on Monday.

As spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh headed towards the town of Panchkula in a convoy of 200 cars, drones and helicopters took charge of the skies to survey the huge groups of his devotees that have gathered in the town. The court has found Ram Rahim guilty of rape.

While taking Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to jail after he was held guilty of rape last week, the Haryana police stymied an attempt by the self-appointed spiritual leader's "commandos" to free him, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, self-styled spiritual guru to millions, broke down in court today and pleaded for mercy as he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping two women. But the CBI is pushing for life imprisonment citing precedents - and the two women he has been found guilty of raping in 2002 at his ashram say he deserves that. The CBI tod...

As a judge sentenced him to 20 years in jail today, self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh refused to leave the courtroom and wept, begging for leniency. "Mujhe maaf kar do (forgive me)," pleaded the flamboyant chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, who claims a legion of followers.

To sentence self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a judge flew into Rohtak in Haryana today on a government helicopter. After landing at a helipad near the prison where the "Guru of Bling" was incarcerated late on Friday night, Justice Jagdeep Singh was escorted with thick security cover to a makeshift prison created within the jail l...

The sentence against rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was declared by a special CBI court today. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison as he was announced guilty of raping two women in a 2002 case. Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda in Punjab, Haryana and other cities, burned down gas stations and train stations and torched vehicles after Dera...

Hours before self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim set out for Panchkula court from his sprawling 800-acre base in Sirsa on Friday, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief had put out a video message. In this, he was seen asking the tens of thousands of the Dera followers who had reached Panchkula to go back home.

Self-styled spiritual guru and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was moved to a prison in Haryana's Rohtak late Friday as a court in Panchkula found him guilty of raping two women followers in 2002.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a self-styled spiritual guru and head of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, has been moved to a prison in Haryana's Rohtak. The rape convict will be lodged in a special cell, will get bottled mineral water and an assistant to stay with him, sources in the Haryana jail said.

After Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was held guilty of rape by a court in Panchkula yesterday, a retired CBI officer who headed the investigations against the influential Dera Sacha Sauda chief revealed that he was under pressure to close the case and described it as a "game of wits".

Self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, held guilty of raping two women followers by a court in Haryana's Panchkula today, found strong support in BJP lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj, who said the chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect is being "harassed." 30 people have died and 250 are injured in violence that erupted after the court's verdict, in Panchk...

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was flown out of Panchkula by helicopter on Friday evening, as clashes, arson and violence erupted in the Haryana town soon after a court found the self-styled spiritual guru guilty of raping two women followers 15 years ago.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the chief of the influential Dera Sacha Sauda sect, was held guilty of rape today by a court in a 15-year-old case - a verdict which led to clashes, arson and violence by his supporters. Two women followers who accused the self-styled "godman" of sexually assaulting and threatening them, have been living in fear; their lawy...

At a time when our elected leaders genuflect before self-styled godmen of every ilk, it took a court to take a stand.

Followers of self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh turned violent on Friday after he was found guilty of raping two women followers by a Panchkula court and convicted. He has been arrested and will be sentenced on Monday.

As spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh headed towards the town of Panchkula in a convoy of 200 cars, drones and helicopters took charge of the skies to survey the huge groups of his devotees that have gathered in the town. The court has found Ram Rahim guilty of rape.