Topic: dera sacha sauda
CBI court sentences Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to life imprisonment for journalist’s murder
The CBI special court sentenced the Dera Sacha Sauda chief along with three others for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2002.
Panchkula (Haryana): A special CBI court in Panchkula Thursday sentenced self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and three others to life imprisonment for the murder of a journalist over 16 years ago.
The Dera Sacha Sauda chief and the three others convicted last Friday in the case appeared before the court through video conferencing.
"All four have been sentenced to life imprisonment," CBI counsel H P S Verma said.
On January 11, special CBI Court judge Jagdeep Singh had convicted the four men for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2002.
All the four were convicted under section 302 (murder) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
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