Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Ram Rahim acquitted in murder case by high court

New Delhi: Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim and four others were acquitted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday in a case linked to the murder of Dera manager Ranjit Singh.

Ranjit was shot dead in July 2002. He was murdered for his suspected role in circulating an anonymous letter that made allegations of sexual exploitation against the Dera Sacha Sauda chief, according to the prosecution.

In 2021, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court sentenced life imprisonment to Ram Rahim and four others in the case after convicting them for Singh’s murder. Ram Rahim was named as the main conspirator in the case by the court.