Chandigarh: Two Dera Sadhvis on Wednesday filed their pleas in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking life imprisonment to rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
A CBI court in Panchkula had last month awarded a jail term of 20 years to Dera Sacha Sauda chief and slapped a fine of Rs 30 lakh for raping two of his women followers 15 years back.
On September 27, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed the Income Tax department and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to conduct investigations into the properties of Ram Rahim.
The court ordered to scan both movable and immovable assets.
The whole rape case came to light when in April 2002, and then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee received an anonymous letter from Dera Sadhvi that she was being raped by the Ram Rahim.
