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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was Friday found guilty of raping two ‘sadhvis’ (female followers) in 2002. The Panchkula court will decide the quantum of punishment on Monday. A few minutes after the verdict was delivered, protesters turned violent taking law into their hands.
Eleven people reportedly killed, over 100 others injured in Panchkula in the ongoing violent protest following conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 rape case.
And regarding all this, Bollywood celebs condemn the chaos caused by the Dera followers, they also laud the court’s verdict in his Rape Case.
Violence is what #GurmeetRamRahimSingh seems to have taught his followers. This is nonsense & Govt. needs to use full force to STOP it NOW.
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) August 25, 2017
The way the followers are reacting,rioting,itself proves what the cult was all about…saddened to see such shameful goons on the loose . https://t.co/HndVy2CjXB
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) August 25, 2017
Its really sad to see the situation worsen since morning and see people in Punjab and Haryana https://t.co/u8TeWwEaW0 and prayers.
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) August 25, 2017
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Again.. riots in the name of religion.. #RamRahimVerdict.. prayers with all those stuck in the riots stricken areas/states ??
— Esha Gupta (@eshagupta2811) August 25, 2017
1. Arrest MSG.
2. Arrest his violent followers.
3. Put them all in the same jail.
4. Film it weekly.
5. Show it to his other followers.— Vir Das (@thevirdas) August 26, 2017
After cost of human lives is counted, must ask how one man became a God to so many, yet to most of us a fraudulent rapist? #RamRahimSingh
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) August 26, 2017
The charges against Gurmeet Ram Rahim date back to 2002, when a Dera sadhvi wrote an anonymous letter to then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying she was raped by the Dera chief. In the letter, the sadhvi also accused Gurmeet Ram Rahim of raping several other female followers inside the sprawling Dera campus on the outskirts of Sirsa in the state of Haryana.
Following the letter, a case was registered by the CBI against the self-styled godman after allegations of sexual exploitation of the sadhvis. The sadhvis reportedly made shocking allegations against Ram Rahim and two of them accused him of having raped them on account of ‘purity’. The hearing in the case has been on since 2007 when the CBI filed a chargesheet against the Dera chief.
The Dera chief consistently called the charges false and baseless and has told the court that he is “not capable of” engaging in physical relations.
He also faces trial in another case involving the murder of a journalist, Ram Chander Chhatrapati and his follower Ranjit Singh in 2002.
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