Next castration case hearing on Dec 18

Panchkula, November 16

In the castration case against jailed Sirsa Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the special CBI court in Panchkula couldn’t hear the matter on Saturday as the decision on an application filed by the CBI is pending before Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The accused marked their presence in the court. While jailed dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim attended court’s proceedings through video conferencing, two other accused Pankaj Garg and MP Singh were physically present in the court. The court fixed December 18 as the next date of hearing in the case.

Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving jail term in rape cases, has been charged with castration. It had been alleged that they castrated men at the Sirsa-based dera, telling the victims that it would lead to realisation of God through the dera head. The chargesheet had been filed in the special court in Panchkula. — TNS