Punjab approves prosecution of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim Singh in 2015 sacrilege cases

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has authorised the prosecution of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in 2015 sacrilege cases, ANI reported on Tuesday.

On Friday, the Supreme Court lifted the stay imposed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on proceedings against Singh, in three cases relating to alleged sacrilege in the year 2015. The court had also issued a notice to the Dera Sacha Sauda chief regarding the Punjab government’s appeal against the stay on his trail by the High Court.

A series of incidents of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy text of the Sikhs, being desecrated in Punjab began in June 2015 with the theft of a copy of the text from a gurdwara in Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village in Faridkot district.