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Preacher Awarded Life Term in Sexual Harassment Case
The New Indian Express Anantapur
|April 02, 2025
A Mohali court on Tuesday sentenced self-styled preacher Bajinder Singh to life imprisonment till death in a 2018 sexual harassment case.
Additional district and sessions judge Vikrant Gupta pronounced the verdict after 42-year-old Singh, also referred to as "Yeshu Yeshu prophet," was found guilty on March 28. The court observed that Singh committed a "heinous offence by misusing his position as a preacher."
This story is from the April 02, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Anantapur.
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