In Dera chief acquittal order, HC slams probe
Chandigarh, March 10 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court in its order acquitting Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder of a journalist pointed to serious gaps in the probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while observing that the prosecution was not able to prove its case against the head of Sirsa-based sect.
On March 7, the HC acquitted Ram Rahim of the charge of criminal conspiracy in the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati, who was shot dead from point-blank range outside his house in Sirsa on October 24, 2002. The court, however, upheld the life sentence awarded to three other convicts - Krishan Lal, Nirmal Singh and Kuldeep Singh alias Kala.
In a 113-page judgment, which came out on Mon...
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