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Indian guru rape case: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh convicted India guru rape case: Violence as Ram Rahim Singh convicted
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Popular Indian guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been convicted of rape and will be sentenced on Monday. Violence has broken out in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh after a popular guru was convicted of rape.
Up to 200,000 of his supporters had flocked to Chandigarh in northern India ahead of the verdict. Angry supporters of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh have gone on a rampage in the city, with reports coming in of two railway stations being set on fire.
Thousands of army, police and paramilitary forces have been deployed amid fears of violence. Followers also smashed cars and set media vans alight, the BBC's Robin Singh says.
The BBC's Robin Singh says the army has taken the guru into protective custody and he will be transferred to a military base. More than 200,000 of Singh's followers had flocked to the city ahead of the verdict.
Our correspondent says tear-gas shells are being fired into the crowds. Thousands of army, police and paramilitary forces have been deployed. They are firing tear-gas canisters and water cannon into the crowd to try to restore control, our correspondent says.
Television footage shows the guru's followers attacking vans belonging to Indian media outlets. Curfews have been imposed in several areas of the city and across the state of Punjab.
Singh arrived at court in the town of Panchkula from his ashram in the state of Haryana in a convoy of more than 100 vehicles. Ram Rahim Singh was taken into protective custody by the army following the conviction.
The court is expected to sentence him on Monday.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh criticised his counterpart in the state of Haryana for allowing so many of Singh's followers to travel to Chandigarh.
Chandigarh is the capital of both states.
Singh had arrived at court in Panchkula, a suburb of Chandigarh, from his ashram in Haryana in a convoy of more than 100 vehicles.
Schools and offices in the area were closed, trains were stopped, roads were blocked and three stadiums were set aside as makeshift prisons in case of trouble, officials said.Schools and offices in the area were closed, trains were stopped, roads were blocked and three stadiums were set aside as makeshift prisons in case of trouble, officials said.