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Dark history behind India’s ‘Guru in Bling’

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

By: Sarwar Alam

Self-styled “godman” Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh inspired extraordinary devotion in India, where huge crowds flocked to hear his teachings — even after he was accused of rape in a high-profile case that ended in conviction. Singh counted film stars, cricketers and politicians among his legions of supporters. But the most devoted were the vast numbers of ordinary Indians, many of them poor, who flocked to the sprawling headquarters of his controversial sect in the northern Indian state of Haryana to hear his teachings. There, delirious devotees were said to weep with joy and fall at his feet for blessings. They called Singh…

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