Tag: Rape case

Army arrives in Panchkula, tight security ahead of court verdict

Army columns moved into Panchkula early on Friday as scores of Dera Sacha Sauda followers gathered in the town ahead of a court verdict in a rape case against the sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. Singh left Sirsa by road for Panchkula to appear before a special CBI court in the sexual exploitation case...

August 25, 2017

Dera Sacha Sauda followers ignore appeals to move out of Panchkula

Ignoring appeals from the administration and their sect head, a large number of Dera Sacha Sauda followers continued to stay put in Panchkula on Friday giving a tough time to authorities. Haryana Police assisted by central forces launched a night-long operation to flush out scores of Dera followers gathered over the past four days in...

August 25, 2017

Ram Rahim reaches Panchkula CBI court, verdict anytime soon

Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh reached Panchkula to appear before a CBI court in a convoy of hundreds of vehicles on Friday afternoon. The 50-year-old Dera head left the sect-headquarters at Sirsa, about 260 km from Chandigarh, at about 9 am amid tight security. “He left Sirsa by road,” Sirsa Deputy Commissioner...

August 25, 2017

Police warn Dera followers of action if they try to enter Chandigarh

The Chandigarh Police warned Dera Sacha Sauda followers of stern action if they try to enter the Union Territory. An estimated 1.5 lakh Dera followers including men, women and children have gathered in Panchkula, where a CBI court is set to deliver its verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram...

August 25, 2017

Dera chief verdict: Army in Sirsa; police carry out flag march

The Army was called out in Sirsa on Friday, ahead of a court verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, even as security was tightened, with senior police personnel carrying out a flag march outside the the sect headquarters here. The move comes hours before the verdict by...

August 25, 2017

Admn on its toes as Dera Sacha Sauda followers flood Panchkula

Thousands of followers of Dera Sacha Sauda sect head Gurmeet Ram Rahim are squatting in parks and on roadside in Pachkula’s Sector 23 in the wake of the court verdict against their spiritual leader on Friday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here will pronounce the judgment in a rape case against Ram Rahim...

August 23, 2017

Nizamuddin dargah teacher acquitted in rape case

A Sufi teacher, accused of raping a divorced woman on the pretext of resolving her troubles, has been let off by a Delhi court saying the woman had lodged the complaint in a fit of anger. The court observed that the woman, who had entered her second wedlock with the accused, a 'khwaja' (teacher or...

May 3, 2017

‘Rape-accused’ Prajapati sent to 14-day judicial remand

In a major development to the rape-accused minister Gayatri Prajapati case, the Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested the minister on Wednesday morning and sent him to 14-day judicial remand. Absconding since February 27, the minister apparently came under pressure after two of his sons were detained by the Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday. The Uttar...

March 15, 2017

SC refuses relief for UP minister Gayatri Prajapati

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant relief to Uttar Pradesh Transport Minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati accused in a rape case. Prajapati, who is also a Samajwadi Party leader, has been on the run since February 27 after an FIR was filed against him. He approached the apex court for a stay on his arrest. A non-bailable warrant...

March 6, 2017