Chandigarh: A special courtroom has been set up in the Sunaria Jail in Rohtak, where Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim has been lodged since his rape-conviction, for the pronouncement of the quantum of punishment today.
Special CBI judge Jagdeep Singh leaves from Panchkula, expected to reach Rohtak within 40 minutes. Court proceedings at Sonaria jail to begin at 2:30 Gurmeet Ram Rahim sentencing: Weapons recovered from Dera
followers in Sonipat Meeting is underway at North Block to discuss security situation in Punjab, Haryana ahead of Ram Rahim Singh's sentencing. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, Home Secy, Director IB &
other Home Ministry officials present the meeting Gurmeet Ram Rahim sentencing: Ready to deal with any situation, assures IGP Rohtak Army conducting flag march in sensitive areas ahead of sentencing of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Situation in Haryana tense but under control: MHA Dera chief sentencing: Rohtak tense, Army kept on standby Sirsa, the sect headquarters, continues to be under curfew. Rohtak Deputy Commissioner Atul Kumar said police will not hesitate in opening fire at those spreading violence. The Army has been kept on standby. A multi-layer security cordon manned by police and 23 companies of paramilitary forces has been thrown in and around Rohtak and also around the Sunaria Jail, which lies on the outskirts of the city limits.
Ram Rahim Verdict: 23 Dera followers arrested in Punjab's Sangrur till now. No movement of people, other than those authorized, will be allowed within a distance of 10 km from the prison premises. The sect chief has been convicted on two counts for rape (Section 376 IPC), criminal intimidation (Section 506 IPC) and Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman). The minimum punishment for rape is seven years which may extend till life (term). The other sections have imprisonment for two and one years respectively. The CBI special court judge Jagdeep Singh, who had on Friday held the Dera chief guilty of rape and criminal intimidation of the two female disciples in 2002, will be flown to Rohtak on Monday for announcing the sentence.
The quantum of sentence will be done in a court being specially set up inside the District Jail premises in Sunaria near Rohtak, 70 km from Delhi, where Ram Rahim was brought and lodged after his conviction.
Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh will be sentenced on Monday at 2.30 pm at a special court near Rohtak town in Haryana.
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