Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan known as Baba Ram Rahim and Singh Ji Insan, head of the religious cult Dera Sacha Sauda since 1990 and whom The Indian Express had placed 96th in their list of the 100 most powerful Indians of 2015 and is convicted rapist and murderer, is in the today’s trending list of Twitter.
In 2017, Ram Rahim was sentenced to life imprisonment by Special CBI Court along with three other men involved.
Convictions of Ram Rahim
A woman wrotes to Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana states in 2002 and to Union Home Minister, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, CBI and NHRC in which she described an incident involving Ram Rahim. The Punjab and Haryana High Court sought a report from the District and Sessions Judge of Sirsa, after submitting a report, the Judge MS Sular recommend a probe by a central agency. The Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered CBI to probe the allegations against Ram Rahim in the letter. The Chandigarh Branch, CBI registered a case of rape under IPC Section 376, criminal intimidation under Section 506 and insult to the modesty of a woman under Section 509. The letter was published in Ram Chander Chhatrapati’s four page Hindi eveninger, Poora Sach in 2002. In the same year, Ram Rahim had charges levied against him for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati, who was writing articles at the time about Dera Sacha Sauda, and for the murder of Dera Sacha Sauda manager Ranjit Singh.
Special CBI Court in Panchkula, Haryana, delivered its verdict on 25 August 2017 in sexual assault case regarding a former Sadhvi, finding Ram Rahim guilty of two counts of rape and he was taken into custody.
Murder of Journalist
Later in January 2019, Ram Rahim was convicted of the murder of a Journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati who was shot in 2002 outside his home after reporting articles on the rape charges facing Ram Rahim. On 17 January 2019, Ram Rahim was sentenced to life imprisonment by Special CBI Court.
#ShubDevi trend
This trend on twitter promoted by jailed Ram Rahim followers by mentioned of the DSS’s vainglory initiative in which they married some prostitutes with men and claiming transformation of prostitutes into Shub Devi.
#ShubDevi trend tweets
Saint Dr. @Gurmeetramrahim ji Insan took such a step in the society in which the Vaishya whom people abused made them daughters out of hell and gave the name #Shubdevi Get married to the educated n young boys. In the @derasachasauda Guru ji has done many these marriages. pic.twitter.com/z1rsjSrzdJ
— suman arora (@sumaniarora02) September 8, 2020
Many girls trapped in prostitution who wanted to leave it, have been adopted by Saint Dr. @Gurmeetramrahim Ji as his daughters, named as #Shubdevi and are married to young well settled boys after proper treatment. pic.twitter.com/aMC6j6dDMV
— M@πp®€€t !π$@π (@Manpree73255461) September 8, 2020
More tweets at #ShubDevi trend on twitter.
The Chenab Times News Desk