CBI chargesheet against Sirsa dera chief, two doctors

Saturday 03rd February 2018 05:57 EST
 
 

PANCHKULA: Almost six months after Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of raping two sadhvis or female followers, a fresh new set of charges has been filed by the CBI against him. The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed case of castration of 400 followers, against Singh and his two Dera doctors, Pankaj Garg and MP Singh. Officers claim that the three castrated the followers, promising that it would lead to realisation of God through the Dera chief.

CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said, “The petitioner had alleged that around 400 male devotees, including himself, belonging to Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, etc., were castrated at the place under the false claim made by the said chief of religious organisation that castration would lead to realisation of god through him and thus, they were emasculated through surgeries done at the behest of the chief of said organisation, as alleged.”

The castration reportedly took place inside the Dera premises in Sirsa. The probe was handed over to the bureau by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the plea of a Dera follower. MP Singh is currently in judicial custody for inciting violence and vandalism in Panchkula. A special CBI court awarded a 20-year imprisonment to Gurmeet Ram Rahim in a 2002 rape case in August 2017.


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