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| India guru rape: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh jailed for 10 years | India guru rape: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh jailed for 10 years |
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| A controversial Indian godman convicted of rape on Friday has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. | A controversial Indian godman convicted of rape on Friday has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. |
| Indian media reported that Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's followers had set a vehicle on fire just ahead of sentencing. | |
| Violence after Friday's verdict in Panchkula in northern Haryana state had killed some 38 people. | Violence after Friday's verdict in Panchkula in northern Haryana state had killed some 38 people. |
| The self-styled holy man was found guilty of sexually assaulting two female followers. | The self-styled holy man was found guilty of sexually assaulting two female followers. |
| Singh's legal team has already said it will appeal against the verdict in the Punjab and Haryana high court. | Singh's legal team has already said it will appeal against the verdict in the Punjab and Haryana high court. |
| Media reports said that prosecutors would be asking for a harsher sentence. They had called for a life term. | Media reports said that prosecutors would be asking for a harsher sentence. They had called for a life term. |
| Following the sentencing, the chief minister of Haryana state, where Singh's ashram is located, called an emergency meeting. | Following the sentencing, the chief minister of Haryana state, where Singh's ashram is located, called an emergency meeting. |
| A curfew has already been imposed in several areas of Haryana and Punjab states, while the capital Delhi is on alert. | A curfew has already been imposed in several areas of Haryana and Punjab states, while the capital Delhi is on alert. |
| The army has been put on standby and police say they have been given "shoot on sight" orders in case of trouble. | The army has been put on standby and police say they have been given "shoot on sight" orders in case of trouble. |
| Singh, 50, was not taken to court to hear his sentence. Instead, the judge who convicted him was flown to the prison in the town of Rohtak where Singh is being held. | Singh, 50, was not taken to court to hear his sentence. Instead, the judge who convicted him was flown to the prison in the town of Rohtak where Singh is being held. |
| Who is Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh? | Who is Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh? |
| The prison has been transformed into a fortress, with journalists banned within a 1.5km (one mile) radius. | The prison has been transformed into a fortress, with journalists banned within a 1.5km (one mile) radius. |
| Rohtak, in Haryana state, is also under police and military lockdown, the roads lined with barbed-wire barricades. | Rohtak, in Haryana state, is also under police and military lockdown, the roads lined with barbed-wire barricades. |
| There is also heavy security outside Singh's 1,000-acre compound in Sirsa, Haryana. | There is also heavy security outside Singh's 1,000-acre compound in Sirsa, Haryana. |
| Tens of thousands of his supporters are still believed to be inside the Dera Sacha Sauda sect headquarters, despite many opting to leave following a tense stand-off with soldiers. | Tens of thousands of his supporters are still believed to be inside the Dera Sacha Sauda sect headquarters, despite many opting to leave following a tense stand-off with soldiers. |
| The Dera's Sirsa headquarters is a huge township that houses schools, a hospital and a cinema. | The Dera's Sirsa headquarters is a huge township that houses schools, a hospital and a cinema. |
| In his monthly radio address on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was "natural to be worried" after days of violence which had briefly reached Delhi. | In his monthly radio address on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was "natural to be worried" after days of violence which had briefly reached Delhi. |
| "Violence is not acceptable in the nation, in any form," Mr Modi said. | "Violence is not acceptable in the nation, in any form," Mr Modi said. |
| "Those who take the law into their hands or take to violence will not be spared, whoever they are." | "Those who take the law into their hands or take to violence will not be spared, whoever they are." |