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发帖数: 26623 | 1 PANCHKULA, India (AP) — Mobs rampaged across a north Indian state on Friday
, leaving 28 people dead and more than 250 others injured, after a court
declared a quasi-religious sect leader guilty of raping two of his followers
, authorities said.
Mobs set fire to government buildings and attacked police and TV journalists
in the town of Panchkula in Haryana state, smashing the windshields of news
vans and breaking broadcast equipment.
Police initially used tear gas and water cannons and then fired bullets in
the air in an attempt to control the surging mobs as they vandalized bus
stations and government vehicles.
"The situation is tense. There has been arson and burning," Rajiv Mehrishi,
the federal home secretary, said late Friday.
The violence left at least 28 dead, including some with bullet wounds, and
more than 250 injured, according to B.S. Sandhu, a top Haryana police
official.
He said more than 1,000 of the guru's supporters had been detained in
Panchkula on charges of arson and destruction of public property.
The special court announced the guilty verdict on Friday after hearing
closing arguments in the 15-year-old case against the guru, who calls
himself Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insaan.
The guru, who had denied the charges of raping the two women at his ashram
in 2002, was flown by helicopter to a jail in the nearby town of Rohtak
because district officials feared they would be overrun by his supporters.
His sentencing is to be held Aug. 28, prosecutor H.P.S. Verma said.
Tens of thousands of followers had camped overnight awaiting the verdict.
Violence also broke out elsewhere in Haryana and the neighboring state of
Punjab, as well as in the capital, New Delhi, police said. Railway stations
in the towns of Malout and Balluana were ablaze, and two coaches of an empty
train parked in New Delhi's Anand Vihar station were set on fire.
A curfew was imposed in at least four districts of Punjab, said Amrinder
Singh, the state's chief minister.
A spokesman for the guru's sect, Dera Sacha Sauda, urged his supporters to
remain calm.
"I just want to request everyone to maintain peace at the moment," said
Dilawar Insan. "We will explore what legal options are available to us."
The sect claims to have about 50 million followers and campaigns for
vegetarianism and against drug addiction. It has also taken up social causes
such as organizing the weddings of poor couples.
Such sects have huge followings in India. It's not unusual for their leaders
to have small, heavily armed private militias protecting them.
Angry mobs also attacked police in the town of Sirsa, where the guru's
ashram is located, local police said.
When the guru left his ashram early Friday for the hearing, he was
accompanied by a convoy of more than 180 vehicles, Singh, the Punjab chief
minister, said.
Police erected heavy metal barricades topped with barbed wire along main
roads in the town, a quiet residential suburb of Chandigarh, the joint
capital of Haryana and Punjab states.
Authorities ordered internet and cellphone services shut down across both
Haryana and Punjab as a security precaution.
Train services were canceled in the area, leading to railway delays across
north India. Schools and colleges were also closed.
The case was tried in a special court run by India's top investigative
agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Such cases against religious leaders have prompted violence in the past.
Clashes in 2007 between Dera Sacha Sauda followers and members of the Sikh
faith left at least three people dead in north India.
In 2014, six people were killed when followers of another religious leader,
guru Rampal, fought pitched battles with police who were attempting to
arrest him after he repeatedly failed to appear in court in connection with
a murder trial.
In a televised appeal on Thursday, Ram Rahim Singh asked his supporters not
to resort to violence, but some said they would not tolerate a verdict that
went against their leader.
"I consider guru-ji to be only next to God," farmer Malkit Singh said as he
squatted on the ground in a park, saying Ram Rahim Singh had cured him of a
decadelong addiction to drugs.
"There is a God above," he said. "Our guru-ji follows the path of truth." | g*q
发帖数: 26623 | 2 【环球网综合报道 记者 赵衍龙】印度自古就是个极度信奉圣人的国度，而各类大
师的存在也成为了印度人生活中不可或缺的一部分。当地时间25日,印度中央调查局审
判印度“大师”辛格强奸罪,并将于下周一对其判刑,预期面临7年有期徒刑。该审判引
发在哈里亚纳邦在内的多个邦的大规模骚乱。
据新德里电视台报道，截止目前当地时间下午18时，骚乱已造成26人死亡，300多
人受伤。警方已经在潘切库拉等六个城市实行宵禁。到目前为止，哈里亚纳邦已经发生
224起暴力事件，旁遮普邦64起，德里7起。媒体面临暴力首当其冲，《新德里电视台》
和《印度时报》都遭到袭击，一辆新德里电视台现场直播车被烧毁，一名工程师被暴徒
击中头部。聚集在法庭外的辛格支持者有上万人，警方正在用催泪弹驱散。
《今日印度》25日报道称，暴乱已经开始向北方邦和德里蔓延，有店铺被打砸,烧
毁。印度德里地区北郊亦有公交车站被纵火,在德里Anand Vihar的数列火车被点燃,现
场惨烈。
中国驻印使馆曾发安全提醒
8月24日，中国驻印度大使馆网站发布消息，提醒在印度中国公民注意安全。这是
自6月18日印度非法侵入中方领土以来，中国驻印度使馆在不到两个月的时间里第二次
发布相关提醒信息，上一次发布是在7月7日。
中国驻印度使馆提醒在印、即将来印中国公民，密切关注当地安全形势，提高自我
保护意识，加强安全防范，减少不必要的外出，出行注意人身和财产安全，提前告知家
人、同事、朋友出行情况，保持通讯畅通，携带个人身份证明，谨言慎行，严格遵守印
法律法规，尊重当地宗教习惯和风俗，配合当地执法人员检查。
辛格是何许人？
此前据路透社等外媒报道，辛格是印度一个“社会福利和精神组织”的领袖，据称
在全世界有6千万信徒。由于这位自称“尊者”(godman)的“大师”于周五被判决，其
数百万支持者蜂拥至潘切库拉，自周四(24日)起便在街头抗议，申诉其无罪。该城镇已
下令实施“无限期戒严”，以阻止其追随者继续聚集。
据印媒报道，2002年，辛格被一封寄至印度总理的匿名信揭发强奸教派内女性成员
。随着教派加强了监视，一名记者在同年调查这位“大师”领导的组织时被杀。《印度
斯坦时报》称，印度中央调查局控告这位“大师”涉嫌因怀疑记者帮助递转匿名信而将
其谋杀。
据报道，当天，辛格被700辆车的车队、数百名警察护送前往法庭。一位当地政府
高级官员表示，哈里亚纳邦(Haryana)和旁遮普邦(Punjab)的移动网络信号也被中止，
以防止人们传播谣言，引发骚乱。
印度军队严阵以待。据新德里电视台等印媒报道，印度军队在旁遮普和哈里亚纳邦
整装待命，无人侦察机在空中盘旋，潘切库拉的学校、道路、移动网络被关停，数间医
院需预留床位;旁遮普百余趟火车停运，枪械和集会被暂时禁止;昌迪加尔的板球场被用
作临时监狱……一切都是因为印度担心这位“大师”的审判会引发社会骚乱。
据悉，这位“大师”被认为是印度最具影响力的人物之一。“大师”运营着一个有
69年历史的教派。随着这一教派在无限蔓延，据称该教在哈里亚纳邦近1000英亩的产业
中，有自己的酒店、电影院、板球场和学校。
据稍早报道，审判前，辛格否认强奸指控，并通过一封视频信号召其信徒保持和平
。他表示，“我们必须尊重法律，保持和平。”
此前据英国《镜报》2015年3月报道，印度西北部哈里亚纳邦(Haryana)一家社会福
利和宗教组织的首领辛格(Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh)15年前让5000万信徒自宫割掉睾
丸，称这样可以更加接近神灵;后来，约400名割掉睾丸的信徒站出来，指控辛格。
有目击者称，2000年前后，受辛格鼓吹割掉自己睾丸的信众在辛格拥有的一家医院
通过手术割掉了睾丸。如今，400名受害者第一次站出来，对辛格进行指责。
报道称，辛格被戏称为“珠光宝气的灵魂导师”，坐拥约2600万英镑(约合人民币2
.4亿元)净资产，还出演过电影。 | g*q
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