Panchkula, Sep 18: Even as the special CBI court on Saturday took up closing arguments in two murder cases involving Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim and his accomplices as the main accused, seven applications have been filed in the court seeking further investigations, summoning of witnesses and even stay on the ongoing trials.
The court has sought reply from the CBI counsel on these applications and listed them for hearing on September 22. The plea of dera chief’s former driver Khatta Singh, who had earlier turned hostile but now wants to depose against him, will also come up on that day.
These applications have been moved by Delhi-based lawyer Bankim Kulshreshtha on behalf of Krishan Lal, who is dera chief’s close aide and is main accused with him in the murder of dera member Ranjit Singh and Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.
These murders were committed in 2002 and the closing arguments in these cases are now nearing conclusion.
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