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Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 4 others get life term in murder case

The Dera chief, who enjoyed a large following, had frequently courted controversies and after his conviction in the rape case in 2017

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New Delhi: File picture of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court on Monday for the murder of sect manager Ranjit Singh in 2002. Ram Rahim Singh, who was in 2017 sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping two disciples, is currently lodged in Rohtak's Sunaria jail.

The Special Court in Haryana's Panchkula had convicted him and four others - Krishan Lal, Jasbir Singh, Avtar Singh and Sabdil - in the murder case on October 8.

The court has given the life sentence to five, CBI special prosecutor H P S Verma said

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