Dera chief – Asia Times

Indian chief of the religious sect Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh gestures during a news conference to launch the score for his film 'MSG-2 The Messenger'. Photo: AFP/ Punit Paranjpe

The anonymous letter that nailed India’s rapist ‘godman’

by Anurag Tripathi May 7, 2018February 18, 2020

In August last year, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a self-proclaimed Indian “godman” and founder of the ‘Dera Sacha Sauda’ sect, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of two women followers. The rape case was filed against Singh after an anonymous letter was sent in 2002 to then Prime Minister Atal Bihari […]