Gurmeet Ram Rahim, 4 others acquitted in 2002 Ranjit Singh murder case

May 28, 2024 - PatialaPolitics

Gurmeet Ram Rahim, 4 others acquitted in 2002 Ranjit Singh murder case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim and four others in the murder case of Dera manager Ranjit Singh. In 2021, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court found Ram Rahim and other accused in the case guilty of Singh’s murder, sentencing them to life imprisonment

 

In 2021, a special CBI court sentenced Ram Rahim

and four others to life imprisonment in the 19-year-old murder case of Ranjit Singh, a former manager of the Dera.

 

Singh, who was also a follower of the sect, was shot dead on July 10, 2002, at Khanpur Kolian village in Haryana’s Kurukshetra.

 

He was murdered for his suspected role in the circulation of an anonymous letter, which narrated how women were being sexually exploited by the sect head at the Dera headquarters.

 

After his conviction by the CBI court in Panchkula, the sect chief appealed to the High Court.