Rampal, Self-Styled Godman, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment in Another Murder Case

Hisar, October 17: Rampal, the self-styled godman has been sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with another murder case (FIR 430/2014), which was lodged by Suresh of Jakhora village of Lalitpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

Rampal and 14 of his followers were given life sentence on Tuesday in a separate case which was lodged on the complaint of one Shivpal of Mithapur near Badarpur in Delhi. All the sentences will run concurrently.

On October 11, the court had convicted Rampal and his 26 followers in two separate cases of murder and other offences, including wrongful confinement of his victims at his hermitage.

The court pronounced the verdict after a nearly four-year-long trial of the 27 accused in a makeshift court inside the district jail, where Rampal (67) and his followers have been lodged since their arrest in November 2014.

Both the complainants had alleged that their respective wives’ were held captive inside Rampal’s ashram and later killed.

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