2015 Bargari Sacrilege | Supreme Court Transfers Trial Against Gurmeet Ram Rahim and 7 Dera Followers to Chandigarh

Awstika Das

28 Feb 2023 6:31 PM IST

  • 2015 Bargari Sacrilege | Supreme Court Transfers Trial Against Gurmeet Ram Rahim and 7 Dera Followers to Chandigarh

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the trial against Dera Sacha Sauda leader and ‘godman’ Gurmeet Ram Rahim and seven other acolytes of the religious cult in three interlinked cases of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib at Bargari in 2015 to be transferred from Punjab’s Faridkot to Chandigarh. This development follows closely on the heels of the murder of a Dera follower, who was...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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