Dera Saccha Sauda

Violence following Dera chief conviction: Courts cannot ‘abdicate’, warns amicus

September 27, 2025 3:18 am

240 FIRs registered but 130 ended in acquittals, says amicus: 'If trials collapse in this fashion, it would only show that the self-organised collapse and self-induced paralysis of the state continues'

Gurmeet Ram Rahim, 4 others acquitted in 2002 Ranjit Singh murder case

May 29, 2024 9:05 am

The Punjab and Haryana High Court allowed an appeal filed by Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim and four others against a CBI court order of 2021.

Haryana grants 90-day remission to prisoners serving 10+ year sentences

January 25, 2023 2:57 am

Dera Sacha Sauda chief is also among the beneficiaries.

Dera follower’s murder: Goldy Brar, one from Moga named in FIR

November 13, 2022 7:34 am

Police also identified all the six people accused of the murder, sources said.

Days after Sena leader and Dera follower killings, Arunpal Singh out as Amritsar Commissioner

November 13, 2022 10:48 am

The state in the last eight days has seen two major crime incidents including the murder of Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader Sudhir Suri in Amritsar on November 4, and a Dera Sacha Sauda follower, who was out on bail in 2015 Bargari sacrilege case, being gunned down by six assailants in Faridkot on November 10.

2015 sacrilege case: Dera chief moves anticipatory bail plea, HC lets SIT question him in jail

October 29, 2021 9:06 am

The bench while issuing notices to Punjab government in both the petitions allowed the SIT to question Ram Rahim in the jail, where he is currently lodged and is serving life term.

Haryana DSP suspended after Dera chief granted unauthorised access of visitors

August 23, 2021 3:55 pm

DSP Shamsher Singh, who oversaw the security of the Dera chief, has been suspended from the service with immediate effect.

Why Dera chief Ram Rahim never questioned in sacrilege, Maur bomb blast cases, ask Sikh organisations

July 13, 2021 9:45 pm

Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim is presently undergoing a 20-year sentence at Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak district for raping two of his disciples in August 2017.

Dera Sacha Sauda violence: Bail to Honeypreet after charges of waging war against govt dropped

November 06, 2019 7:02 pm

Honeypreet Insan, a close aide of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, was arrested in October 2017, and has spent almost two years in Ambala jail.

Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's parole plea: How are the legal odds stacked

June 27, 2019 1:09 pm

Gurmeet Ram Rahim has been in prison since August 2017 and technically has served the minimum sentence of one year to become eligible for parole. Under the Act, he does not fall under the category of hardcore prisoner who becomes entitled for temporary release only after completion of five years imprisonment.

Plastic Currency Issued By Rape Convict Ram Rahim Found In Markets Near Dera Hq

June 22, 2020 6:54 pm