HC acquits Dera chief Ram Rahim in ex-manager's murder case
Chandigarh (PTI): The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the murder case of his former manager Ranjit Singh, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
The Sirsa-headquartered sect chief, who is also serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples, is currently lodged in Sunaria jail in Rohtak.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Panchkula had convicted Ram Rahim of the murder in October 2021.
Former Dera manager Ranjit Singh, who was also a follower of the sect, was shot dead in 2002.
He was murdered for his suspected role in the circulation of an anonymous letter, which narrated how women were being sexually exploited by the sect head at the Dera headquarters.
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3 killed, 4 injured in truck-autorickshaw collision in UP
Shahjahanpur (UP) (PTI): Three people were killed and four injured in a collision between a truck and an autorickshaw here on Sunday afternoon, police said.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Saurabh Dixit said the truck was coming from the Jalalabad side and the auto-rickshaw from the opposite direction.
Due to the impact of the collision, Ramkshatriya (28), an unidentified 40-year-old woman and Kallu (45) died on the spot, the SP said.
On receiving information about the accident, police rescued four injured people, who were admitted to the government medical college for treatment. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, Dixit said.
The truck driver fled the scene after the accident and the vehicle has been seized. Efforts are underway to trace the driver, police said.
