Rohtak Murder Case

Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder of manager Ranjit Singh; Ram Rahim has also been told to pay a fine of Rs 31 lakh, and the others to pay Rs 51 lakh each.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today upheld the death penalty for seven people convicted in the rape and murder of a 27-year-old mentally challenged woman in Haryana's Rohtak over four years ago.

Security has been increased in Haryana and parts of Punjab amid Special CBI court in Panchkula's likely verdict on Friday in the journalist murder case in which jailed Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is an accused.

Days after self-styled godman Rampal and a few followers were convicted of murder in two separate cases, a Haryana court sentenced him and 13 others to life imprisonment in a second case of homicide on Wednesday. The Hisar Additional District and Sessions Judge found the 67-year-old and his followers guilty of murder, wrongful confinement of people...

Self-styled godman Rampal, 67, who was convicted in two cases of murder by a court in Haryana on Thursday is no stranger to controversies.

In Haryana's Rohtak, barely 60 kilometres from the national capital, a woman's body - chopped up in pieces - was found on Monday, being chewed by dogs. The police have refused to rule out the possibility of sexual assault before the brutal murder.

Weeks after Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gumreet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping two of his women followers, the CBI court is today hearing arguments in two murder cases against the 50-year-old self-styled godman. Ram Rahim, who is currently lodged at Rohtak's Sunaria jail, isn't physically present in the court. He is atten...

So-called "Godman" Rampal, whose arrest for murder caused a tense two-week standoff between his followers and the police three years ago, will be in a court in Haryana's Hisar today for a decision on whether he is guilty. Six died in clashes that preceded his arrest. Yesterday, another spiritual leader, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Sing...

Haryana will witness the verdict on another self-styled godman, Rampal, whose arrest in a murder case caused a terse two-week standoff between his followers and the police three years ago. The siege and clashes that preceded his arrest cost six lives. The 67-year-old is accused of conspiracy in a 11-year-old case, in which his supporters had opened...

The Haryana government on Thursday ordered the suspension of two Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs) and transferred a Station House Officer (SHO) for alleged lapses in the Rohtak gang-rape and murder case.

The hearing of the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old Dalit woman in Sonipat will be conducted in a fast-track court, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Monday.

A 23-year-old woman was gang-raped, her head smashed with a brick and a vehicle run over her before the body was dumped in Haryana's Rohtak this week. She lay in the vacant plot for four days before someone spotted her; the skull was in pieces and stray dogs had bitten off parts of her body.

A special court in Rohtak has sentenced seven men to death for the gruesome gang-rape and murder of a young, mentally challenged woman. One of the accused, a 17-yearold Nepal national, is being tried by the Juvenile Justice Board of Haryana.

A mentally-challenged woman's savage rape and murder in a town 80 km from Delhi has spurred comparisons to the 2012 Delhi gang-rape.

The brutal gang rape and murder of a mentally challenged woman in Haryana's Rohtak has sent shockwaves across the town. A week after the gruesome incident, civil society members and notable faces from the city joined hands with the family to take part in a candle light vigil to demand justice. Police say they are investigating the case and that the...

Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder of manager Ranjit Singh; Ram Rahim has also been told to pay a fine of Rs 31 lakh, and the others to pay Rs 51 lakh each.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today upheld the death penalty for seven people convicted in the rape and murder of a 27-year-old mentally challenged woman in Haryana's Rohtak over four years ago.

Security has been increased in Haryana and parts of Punjab amid Special CBI court in Panchkula's likely verdict on Friday in the journalist murder case in which jailed Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is an accused.

Days after self-styled godman Rampal and a few followers were convicted of murder in two separate cases, a Haryana court sentenced him and 13 others to life imprisonment in a second case of homicide on Wednesday. The Hisar Additional District and Sessions Judge found the 67-year-old and his followers guilty of murder, wrongful confinement of people...

Self-styled godman Rampal, 67, who was convicted in two cases of murder by a court in Haryana on Thursday is no stranger to controversies.

In Haryana's Rohtak, barely 60 kilometres from the national capital, a woman's body - chopped up in pieces - was found on Monday, being chewed by dogs. The police have refused to rule out the possibility of sexual assault before the brutal murder.

Weeks after Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gumreet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping two of his women followers, the CBI court is today hearing arguments in two murder cases against the 50-year-old self-styled godman. Ram Rahim, who is currently lodged at Rohtak's Sunaria jail, isn't physically present in the court. He is atten...

So-called "Godman" Rampal, whose arrest for murder caused a tense two-week standoff between his followers and the police three years ago, will be in a court in Haryana's Hisar today for a decision on whether he is guilty. Six died in clashes that preceded his arrest. Yesterday, another spiritual leader, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Sing...

Haryana will witness the verdict on another self-styled godman, Rampal, whose arrest in a murder case caused a terse two-week standoff between his followers and the police three years ago. The siege and clashes that preceded his arrest cost six lives. The 67-year-old is accused of conspiracy in a 11-year-old case, in which his supporters had opened...

The Haryana government on Thursday ordered the suspension of two Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs) and transferred a Station House Officer (SHO) for alleged lapses in the Rohtak gang-rape and murder case.

The hearing of the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old Dalit woman in Sonipat will be conducted in a fast-track court, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Monday.

A 23-year-old woman was gang-raped, her head smashed with a brick and a vehicle run over her before the body was dumped in Haryana's Rohtak this week. She lay in the vacant plot for four days before someone spotted her; the skull was in pieces and stray dogs had bitten off parts of her body.

A special court in Rohtak has sentenced seven men to death for the gruesome gang-rape and murder of a young, mentally challenged woman. One of the accused, a 17-yearold Nepal national, is being tried by the Juvenile Justice Board of Haryana.

A mentally-challenged woman's savage rape and murder in a town 80 km from Delhi has spurred comparisons to the 2012 Delhi gang-rape.

The brutal gang rape and murder of a mentally challenged woman in Haryana's Rohtak has sent shockwaves across the town. A week after the gruesome incident, civil society members and notable faces from the city joined hands with the family to take part in a candle light vigil to demand justice. Police say they are investigating the case and that the...