| Name(s) |
RAMPAL BABA
(Full Name: Rampal Singh Jatin) |
| Date of
Birth |
Sep 08, 1951 |
|
Identity |
A controversial
Indian godman, convicted of murder and under trial for sedition
and currently (as of Oct 2018) in Hisar Jail. |
|
Description and Events |
- He said that he is a spiritual successor and an
incarnation of Sant Kabir.
|
|
1999 |
He founded the Satlok Ashram in Rohtak district of Haryana.
Subsequently, he founded many other Ashrams. |
|
Jul 12, 2006 |
He gave rise to violent clashes by criticizing the Arya Samaj,
as a result of which one person was killed and he was charged
for murder and was arrested. |
|
2008 |
He was released on bail. |
|
May 14, 2014 |
He appeared in the Hissar court through a video link, but
nevertheless, his followers entered the court premises and
created chaos.
|
|
Nov 19, 2014 |
After he failed to appear in the court a number of times, he was
arrested on this day albeit after violent clashes between police
force and his followers, as a result of which six pesons were
killed. |
|
Aug 29, 2017 |
He was found not guilty and acquitted in two cases by Hisar
court, but he continued to remain in judicial custody as the
cases of murder and sedition were still pending.
|
|
May 01, 2018 |
The Rohtak Court acquitted him of all the charges levelled
against him. |
|
Oct 11, 2018 |
He was found guilty of murder in two cases.
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