Highlights 1 Ram Rahim files appeal against 20-year sentence for rape. Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the 20-year jail sentence handed to him for his rape conviction. At least 30 people had died in the violence that followed Ram Ram Singh's conviction. The murder case - relating to the alleged assassinations of two men - is closely linked to Ram Rahim Singh's rape conviction. The murder case, which is in its final stages, is being heard by same CBI court that convicted and sentenced Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for rape.

Source: India Today October 07, 2017 12:00 UTC