The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Friday convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case. The court will declare the quantum of sentence on Monday.
The Haryana Police has taken Singh into custody.
The rape allegations against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh date back to 2002, when two of the Dera followers (sadhvis) wrote a letter to the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in anonymity, alleging that they were raped by the self-styled godman.
The letter also accused Singh of sexually exploiting several of his female followers inside the Dera campus on the outskirts of Sirsa in Haryana.
The Punjab and Haryana court took cognisance of the sadhvis’ letter and instructed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a case of sexual exploitation against the Dera chief in 2002.
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