So called Godman Rampal and 14 of his followers were sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday by a sessions court in Haryana's Hisar in connection with two murder cases. Rampal, who ran the Satlok ashram, and the other convicts have been fined Rs 1 lakh each too. Heavy security was deployed in Hisar and neighbourhood areas ahead of the pronouncing quantum of sentence. The 67-year-old founder of Satlok ashram in Hisar was found guilty of two murders and other offences, including wrongful confinement of his victims at his hermitage. Rampal and his followers have been lodged in the jail since their arrest in November 2014.
So called Godman Rampal and 14 of his followers were sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday by a sessions court in Haryana's Hisar in connection with two murder cases. Rampal, who ran the Satlok ashram, and the other convicts have been fined Rs 1 lakh each too. Heavy security was deployed in Hisar and neighbourhood areas ahead of the pronouncing quantum of sentence. The 67-year-old founder of Satlok ashram in Hisar was found guilty of two murders and other offences, including wrongful confinement of his victims at his hermitage. Rampal and his followers have been lodged in the jail since their arrest in November 2014.