{"id":42995,"date":"2017-08-28T06:53:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T06:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=42995"},"modified":"2017-08-28T06:53:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T06:53:01","slug":"india-guru-rape-high-alert-ahead-ram-rahim-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/india-guru-rape-high-alert-ahead-ram-rahim-sentence.html","title":{"rendered":"India guru rape: High alert ahead of Ram Rahim sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"

India guru rape: High alert ahead of Ram Rahim sentence<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

India guru rape: High alert ahead of Ram Rahim sentence:- Indian security forces have been put on high alert ahead of the sentencing of a controversial guru who was convicted of rape on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh followers went on a violent rampage after the ruling in the city of Panchkula and 38 people were killed.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is expected to receive a prison term of at least seven years.<\/span><\/p>\n

A curfew has been imposed in several areas of Haryana and Punjab states, while the capital Delhi is on alert.<\/span><\/p>\n

The army has been put on standby and police say they have been given “shoot on sight” orders in case of trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n

Singh, 50, will not be taken to court to hear his sentence. Instead, the judge who convicted him will be flown to Rohtak jail where he is being held, to deliver it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Controversial leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, which claims to have 60 million followers around the world<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Took over the sect – which describes itself as “a non-profit social welfare and spiritual organisation” – when he was 23<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Performs at rock concerts, acts in films and even has his own line of food products<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Known as “rockstar baba” and “guru of bling” because of his shiny, colourful clothes<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Has been accused of mocking Sikh and Hindu figures<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Has been investigated for murder and rape, charges he denies<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Has been accused of forcing followers to undergo castration to “get closer to god”<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The prison has been transformed into a fortress, with journalists banned within a 1.5km (one mile) radius.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Rohtak town, in Haryana state, is also under police and military lockdown, the roads lined with barbed-wire barricades.<\/span><\/p>\n

    There is also heavy security outside Singh’s 1,000-acre compound in Sirsa, Haryana.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Schools and colleges will remain closed. Mobile internet services were cut in Haryana last Thursday, and the ban has been extended for a further 48 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Tens of thousands of his supporters are still believed to be inside the Dera Sacha Sauda sect headquarters, despite many opting to leave following a tense stand-off with soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Dera’s Sirsa headquarters is a huge township that houses schools, a hospital and a cinema. Hundreds of soldiers and riot police had blocked approaches to the sprawling premises on Saturday, and urged those inside to leave peacefully.<\/span><\/p>\n

    A curfew imposed in Sirsa was briefly lifted on Sunday to allow the guru’s loyalists to leave the compound.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • The flamboyant “godman” convicted of rape<\/span><\/li>\n
    • How a divided India fuelled the rise of the gurus<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Rapist guru’s devotees start to leave HQ<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      In his monthly radio address on Sunday, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi said it was “natural to be worried” after days of violence which had briefly reached the capital, Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n

      “Violence is not acceptable in the nation, in any form,” Mr Modi said.<\/span><\/p>\n

      “Those who take law in their hands or take to violence will not be spared, whoever they are.”<\/span><\/p>\n

      Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-41070764<\/span><\/p>\n

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