Rampal Case: Self-styled godman gets life term for murder

Self-styled godman Rampal was awarded a life sentence on Tuesday by a Hisar court in connection with the two murder cases registered against him and 27 of his followers in 2014. Rampal is currently lodged in Hisar’s Central Jail-2.

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Rampal and the 27 others were booked on charges of murder and wrongful confinement after four women and a child were found dead in the Satlok Ashram on November 19, 2014. Another case was registered against the self-styled godman and his followers after a woman was found dead at his ashram in November 2018.

The Hisar administration has deployed forces to contain any violence. In August last year, another self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s followers had unleashed violence in Hisar after the Dear Sacha Sauda chief was convicted of rape. As many as 30 people had died in the aftermath of the verdict and properties worth several crores destroyed.

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Rampal founded the Satlok Ashram in Karotha village of the Rohtak district in Haryana in 1999, based on his following from within the Kabir Panth.