Gurmeet Ram Rahim rape case verdict: As it happened

A special CBI court in Panchkula held Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim guilty of rape

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Panchkula: Self-styled 'godman' Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Friday convicted of rape by a court here, triggering widespread violence and arson in Haryana.

Arson by followers of the head of Dera Sacha Sauda was also witnessed in Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan within a few hours of the pronouncement of the judgement by the CBI court in the 2002 case.

CBI judge Jagdeep Singh held Ram Rahim, 50, guilty of rape in a case that was registered on the basis of an anonymous written complaint in 2002 that he had sexually exploited two female followers.

26 August 2017

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As many as 445 trains have been cancelled due to the law and order situation in Punjab and Haryana.

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