The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder case of a journalist, sect head's lawyer Jitender Khurana said on Saturday. The court acquitted the Dera chief more than seven years after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. ADVERTISEMENT"The court has acquitted him in the murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati," Khurana said. Singh and three others were convicted in 2019 for the murder of the journalist in Haryana's Sirsa. Following his conviction in the case, he was lodged in the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak.

Source: The Telegraph March 07, 2026 05:02 UTC