Sirsa Dera follower accused of sacrilege shot dead in Punjab’s Kotkapura
Is the seventh Dera follower killed in Punjab since the first sacrilege case reported from Burj Jawahar Singh Wala in Faridkot on June 1, 2015 A Dera follower who was an accused in a sacrilege case was on Thursday shot dead in Kotkapura by five men riding two bikes. Pardeep Singh was opening his dairy shop in […]Read More
Gurmeet Ram Rahim out of jail again: what is parole, and why & how is it given?
Parole is a system of releasing a prisoner with suspension of the sentence. The release is conditional, usually subject to behaviour, and requires periodic reporting to the authorities for a set period of time. Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the head of Dera Sacha Sauda, was released from Sunaria jail in Rohtak on a 40-day parole on Saturday (October […]Read More
Punjab Sacrilege: 7 Years On, 3 Dera Followers Get Jail, All Parties Want Credit
Two men were acquitted for want of evidence in the 2015 case in Moga’s Malke village, which was one of several such incidents in Punjab at the time As a court in Punjab’s Moga on Thursday concluded a case of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib — sentencing three Dera Sacha Sauda followers to three-year jail […]Read More