{"id":49874,"date":"2017-09-20T11:13:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T05:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=49874"},"modified":"2017-09-20T11:13:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T05:43:26","slug":"hearing-murder-case-former-dera-manager-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hearing-murder-case-former-dera-manager-held","title":{"rendered":"Hearing in murder case of former Dera manager held"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49357\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/press-doesnt-exclusive-right-criticise-anyone-court\/right-to-criticise\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"right to criticise\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-49357 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hearing in murder case of former Dera manager held\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hearing in murder case of former Dera manager held<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The hearing in former Dera Sacha Sauda manager Ranjit Singh&#8217;s murder case, which allegedly involved sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, continued today at a special CBI court here with the prosecution reading out the statements of its witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>The special CBI court is hearing final arguments in the case on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution completed the reading out of statements of all its 60 witnesses as the closing arguments in the case are in progress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The statement of witness Armandeep Singh who was an investigating officer in the murder case was read out today,&#8221; CBI counsel H P S Verma said.<\/p>\n<p>Armandeep Singh, a Superintendent of Police with the CBI, was present in the court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From tomorrow, the defence counsel will put forward their arguments,&#8221; said Verma.<\/p>\n<p>The self-styled godman, who is lodged in Rohtak&#8217;s Sunaria jail after having been convicted of rape, appeared via video- conferencing in the court of CBI judge Jagdeep Singh.<\/p>\n<p>Ram Rahim Singh has been named as the main conspirator in the Ranjit Singh murder case.<\/p>\n<p>Five other accused &#8211; Krishan Lal, Jasbir Singh, Sabdil Singh, Indersen and Avtar Singh &#8211; were present in the court.<\/p>\n<p>Former Dera manager Ranjit Singh was shot dead in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>He was murdered for his suspected role in the circulation of an anonymous letter which narrated how women were being sexually exploited by the sect head at the Dera headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Ram Rahim Singh has already been sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping two disciples.<\/p>\n<p>On August 25, after the CBI court convicted Ram Rahim Singh, violence erupted in Panchkula and Sirsa in which 41 people died.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hearing in former Dera Sacha Sauda manager Ranjit Singh&#8217;s murder case, which allegedly involved sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, continued today at a special CBI court here with the prosecution reading out the statements of its witnesses. 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