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| Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh: Indian guru revered by millions jailed for 10 years for raping followers | Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh: Indian guru revered by millions jailed for 10 years for raping followers |
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| A self-styled Indian "godman" has been sentenced to 10-years in jail after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting two female followers. | A self-styled Indian "godman" has been sentenced to 10-years in jail after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting two female followers. |
| Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape last week, with at least 38 killed and more than 200 injured in protests in Haryana state. | Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape last week, with at least 38 killed and more than 200 injured in protests in Haryana state. |
| The Dera Sacha Sauda cult has a vast rural following in the states of Punjab and Haryana. | The Dera Sacha Sauda cult has a vast rural following in the states of Punjab and Haryana. |
| As a result, a curfew has been imposed in several areas of the states, and the capital Delhi has been placed on alert. | As a result, a curfew has been imposed in several areas of the states, and the capital Delhi has been placed on alert. |
| The army is on standby and police have been given "shoot on sight" orders, the BBC reports. | The army is on standby and police have been given "shoot on sight" orders, the BBC reports. |
| The flamboyant and controversial spiritual guru's sentence was pronounced amid intense security at a prison in the northern town of Rohtak, where the guru, who calls himself Dr Saint Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim Insan, has been in a prison since his conviction. |