Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others accused in a 19-year-old murder case were sentenced to life imprisonment. Ram Rahim has been lodged in jail in Haryana's Rohtak since his 2017 conviction for the rape of two followers, and is also serving a life-term for another murder.
The four others are Krishan Lal, Jasbir Singh, Avtar Singh and Sabdil.
The case pertains to the murder of of manager Ranjit Singh nearly two decades ago.
Ram Rahim will also pay a Rs 31 lakh fine. The other convicts will also pay fines - Abdil has been told to pay Rs 1.5 lakh, Krishnan and Jasbir must pay Rs 1.25 lakh each and Avtar must pay Rs 75,000.
Fifty per cent of this amount will go to Ranjit Singh's family.
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Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
