New Delhi: Self-styled godman Rampal has been sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with two murders.
The authorities in Hisar are on alert to avoid a repeat of the violence that erupted following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh last year.
On October 11, Rampal and 28 others were convicted in both the murder cases by the court in Haryana’s Hisar .
The additional sessions court, headed by judge DR Chalia, pronounced the verdict in connection with the murder cases dating back to 2014. Rampal and his followers were booked on charges of murder and wrongful confinement after four women and a 18-month-old child were found dead at the former’s Stalok Ashram in Hisar’s Barwala town on November 19, 2014. The arrest of the self-styles godman had followed violent clashes.
Another case was registered against Rampal and his followers after a woman was found dead in his ashram on November 18. A total of 80 witnesses, including doctors who conducted the postmortems on the victims, deposed during the trial.
Rampal’s lawyer AP Singh had said that the verdict will be challenged in the high court.