PANCHKULA: Convicted in murder of a follower namely Ranjit Singh, the Dera Saccha Sauda Parmookh Gurmeet alias Ram Rahim today awarded life imprisonment by a special CBI court.
The CBI (prosecution) had sought death penalty against Dera Chief and four other convicts in the case for murder of a follower Ranjit Singh in 2002.
The court of special CBI judge Dr Sushil Kumar Garg on October 8 had held Gurmeet Ram Rahim, Krishan Lal, Jasbir Singh, Avtar Singh and Sabdil Singh guilty under Sections 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.