Dera chief ram rahim gets 10 years in jail for rape, high security acr

S elf-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim
Singh was sentenced on Monday to 10
years in jail for rape, days after his
conviction triggered clashes between his
followers and the police, killing at least 38
people.
Tens of thousands of Singh's supporters set
fire to cars and vandalised property in
Haryana on Friday, minutes after he was
found guilty of raping two of his followers.
Hours before Singh was sentenced in
Rohtak, mobile internet was cut off, roads
barricaded and armed soldiers manned
checkpoints.
A judge was flown in a helicopter to
sentence the 50-year-old spiritual leader
known as the "guru in bling for his
penchant for bejewelled costumes. Singh,
who claims to have more than 50 million
followers worldwide, could face a minimum
seven years in prison for raping two of his
female devotees.
The rape case was brought against him
after an anonymous letter was sent to then
prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002
accusing Singh of repeatedly raping the
sender and several other women in the
Dera Sacha Sauda sect.

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