In Castration Case:CBI Files Charge Sheet Against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh In Castration Case

CBI Vs Dera Sacha Sauda

Dera Sacha Sauda in NEW DELHI :  The Central Bureau of Investigation today (02-feb-20180 filed a charge sheet against rape convict and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and two doctors for allegedly forcibly castrating 400 followers of the sect, officials said.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term after being offensed in two rape cases, has been charged along with doctors Pankaj Garg and MP Singh.

They allegedly castrated the men at the Sirsa-based Dera, officials said.

Panchkula:The charge sheet has been filed in a special court in Panchkula.

The agency had registered the case of alleged criminal conspiracy for voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means among other charges under the Indian Penal Code against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and others in 2015.

The case relating to the alleged castration of 400 devotees was registered on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court

Sirsa:The emasculate took place inside the Dera premises in Sirsa.

This investigation was handed over to the agency by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the plea of a Dera follower.

CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said:-"The petitioner had alleged that around 400 male devotees, including himself, belonging to Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan etc. Were castrated at that place (dera) under the false claim made by the said chief/head of religious organisation (Singh) that castration would lead to realisation of god through him and thus they were impoverish through surgeries done at the behest of the chief/head of said organisation, as alleged," 

Kopardi rape case: 3 accused found guilty, sentencing on November 21

Three men, accused in the 2016 Kopardi rape and murder case, have been pronounced guilty by Ahmednagar district sessions court on Saturday. The quantum of punishment to be pronounced on  November 21.

Ahmednagar: Three men, accused in the 2016 Kopardi rape and murder case, have been pronounced guilty by Ahmednagar district sessions court on Saturday. The quantum of punishment to be pronounced on  November 21.

In July 2016, a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped and murdered by three youth – Jitendra Shinde, Santosh G. Bhaval and Nitin G Bhailume –  at the Kopardi village in the Ahmednagar district.

The crime sparked off huge demonstrations of the Maratha community across Maharashtra at the time, flaring up Maratha-Dalit tensions. The victim had injuries all the body.

The three Dalit men were booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and certain sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

The Kopardi incident proved to be the trigger for the silent marches (mook morchas) taken out by the Marathas across the state as the victim belonged to the community, while the culprits were Dalits.

The chargesheet was filed by the prosecution on October 7, 2016 and charges were framed on October 17.


The government had granted a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh to the victim's family.