Rampal standing in police custody. – File photo
The court in Hisar, Haryana, has rejected Rampal’s bail plea in the treason case. Additional Sessions Judge Parminder Kaur gave the verdict on Thursday after the police reply and debate. Rampal’s lawyers Mahendra Singh Nain and Sachin Das in the High Court next week
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended their sentence in two murder cases. About 19 years ago, a young man was killed in a struggle between supporters and Arya Samajis at Karauntha Ashram in Rohtak. On 14 July 2014, there was a hearing in the Rohtak court. The hearing was to be held through video conferencing from Hisar court. On this day Rampal’s supporters made a nuisance in the Hisar court premises. He surrounded the court premises, broke a glass and assaulted the lawyers.
The District Bar Association went on strike and filed a contempt petition of the court in the High Court. Rampal did not appear in court 2 times. Non -bailable warrants were issued against him on 10 and 17 November 2014. On November 17, the High Court gave time till 20 November in the absence of arrest. In response to the police action on 18 November, Rampal’s commandos fired petrol bombs and opened fire. The police registered several cases including treason. Rampal has been in jail since November 2014. Recently, the High Court stayed the sentence of life imprisonment.
Two pictures of Rampal- one youth and the other later. File photo
Now read here, the story from the birth of Baba Rampal to jail …
- Travel to become Baba from government job: Baba Rampal was born in Dhanana, a small village in Sonepat district of Haryana. After completing his studies, Baba Rampal got a job of junior engineer in the irrigation department in the Haryana government.
- During the job of an engineer, Rampal met 107 -year -old Kabirpanthi Sant Swami Ramdevanand Maharaj. From here, the process of becoming Rampal started Baba started. Rampal Singh became Jagatguru Rampal and started living in the ashram. Left the job and started giving discourse to the people.
- Religious journey started in 1980: Baba Rampal’s religious journey began in the 1980s. He took initiation from his Guru Swami Ramdevanand ji. Rampal also started promoting the teachings of Kabirpanth like his Guru. Some time later, he founded the Satlok Ashram for his followers. His teachings attracted many people, and the number of his followers began to grow rapidly.
- A statement and controversy started against Baba: Baba Rampal’s journey was not limited only to teachings and followers, but many controversies also occurred in his life. Disputes in the life of Baba Rampal began in the year 2006, when he made a comment on a book written by Swami Dayanand. After this Aryasamaj stood against Baba Rampal.
- A person died in struggle, case of murder registered: There was a conflict between Aryasamaj and Baba’s followers, in which one person died. After this incident, Rampal was booked for murder. The police took the ashram in its possession. Rampal and his 24 supporters were arrested. Baba came out of jail in 2008 and in 2009 Baba Rampal returned to the ashram.
There was violent flaw between police and Baba’s supporters After this, earthquake in Baba’s life did not stop. The people of Aryasamaj applied against Baba in the Supreme Court. The court dismissed the petition. After this, on 12 May 2013, there was a clash between angry Arya’s people and Rampal’s supporters once again. Three people died in this clash. About 100 people were injured. In 2014, an arrest was ordered for contempt against Rampal for not appearing in court.
Baba Rampal faced many allegations The police attacked the Satlok Ashram, where his followers resisted to stop his arrest. Many people were injured in this siege and six people died in this siege lasted for a week. Subsequently, Rampal was arrested and taken to Chandigarh where he was prosecuted. Baba Rampal faced several allegations, including murder, keeping illegal weapons, and rioting.
Many videos of this violence were revealed at that time, in which people were seen to be violent. Police force was deployed in the entire area. – File photo
Baba Rampal is in jail since 2014 After Rampal’s arrest, he was produced in court and a legal battle continued for several years. In 2018, Hisar court convicted him and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Currently, Baba Rampal is in jail, but his number of followers is still enough, who follow his teachings and consider him innocent. His journey from a junior engineer to becoming a controversial religious guru has been full of incidents. Despite being in jail, his followers still believe in his teachings and respect him.
