Dera Sacha Sauda chief acquitted in journalist murder case

CHANDIGARH: (Mar 7) The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder case of a journalist, sect head's lawyer Jitender Khurana said on Saturday.

The court acquitted the Dera chief more than seven years after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

"The court has acquitted him in the murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati," Khurana said.