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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Dera chief charged of murder and rape by CBI </b>
PTI | Chandigarh
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged the head of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda Baba Gurmeet Ram Singh in two murder cases and one of rape.

CBI standing counsel Rajan Gupta, told the media outside the Punjab and Haryan High court here that the Dera head been named accused in all the three different cases.

The cases relate to the murder of Dera Manager Ranjit Singh, Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chander Chatterpatti and alleged rape of a disciple.

He said that a special CBI court at Ambala had also issued notice to the Dera chief on August 31.

Gupta, who was accompanied with CBI DIG M Narayan and agency's Superintendent of Police SP Singh, said that besides the Dera head ten other persons had been accused in the two murder cases by the investigation agency.

Earlier, the CBI filed a "status report" in the court of Justices Adesh Kumar Goel and Ajay Lamba about the three cases in compliance of the high court's order.

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