Ram Rahim Singh acquitted in journalist murder case | Today News

Why it matters
(PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in connection with the 2002 murder case of a journalist, sect head's lawyer Jitender Khurana said on Saturday.
Key takeaways
- Ram Rahim Singh acquitted in journalist murder case Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh during an event, in New Delhi.
- In 2019, a Special CBI court found Ram Rahim guilty and pronounced life imprisonment in the case.
- On Saturday, March 7, a division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Vikram Aggarwal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court delivered the verdict, acquitting Ram Rahim.
- Ram Rahim Singh and three others were convicted in 2019 for the murder of the journalist in Haryana's Sirsa.
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