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719 Chandigarh City Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images

By A Mystery Man Writer

As thousands of Baba Ram Rahim supporters gather in the city ahead of his verdict, it is a business opporunity, vendors seen selling water bottles in sector 5 on August 24, 2017 in Panchkula, India. The godman was charged with rape of a female devotee in 1999. The CBI took over the investigation in 2002. On 17 August, the special CBI court of Panchkula concluded hearing in the case but reserved pronouncing the verdict for 25 August. Police expect that an adverse verdict could trigger violence at several locations such as Panchkula, Chandigarh, Sirsa and Fatehabad, where the self-proclaimed godman's followers have gathered in large numbers over the last two days impending verdict in a rape case against him. Anticipating the worst, an indictment of the Dera chief, both sides the police and the devotees are preparing for a confrontation. Busses and trains have been cancelled while intenet services were suspended for 72 hours. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty