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Punjab: Three get life term for dera follower Gurdev Singh's murder

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Jasleen Kaur
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Punjab: Three get life term for dera follower Gurdev Singh's murder
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Faridkot, February 4: The Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, Faridkot, on Friday sentenced three accused to life imprisonment for killing dera follower Gurdev Singh at Burj Jawahar Singh Wala, Faridkot, in 2016.
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Earlier, the police had filed a chargesheet in a Faridkot court against three persons for killing a Dera Sacha Sauda follower. Victim Gurdev Singh (33) was gunned down on June 13, 2016, at his shop near a gurdwara at Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village in Faridkot district. Three car-borne persons had fired at Gurdev outside his grocery shop. publive-imageAlso read | 
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ED gets Punjab CM Channi's nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey's remand till Feb 8 After a complaint by Gurdev’s wife Sarabjit Kaur, the police had registered a murder case against unidentified persons. On September 15, 2017, Gurpreet Singh, Ashok Kumar and Jaswant Singh were arrested on charges of killing Gurdev Singh. publive-imageGurdev Singh's lawyer Vinod Monga said this case had nothing to do with the theft of 'Saroop' of Guru Granth Sahib from village Burj Jawahar Singh Wala. His client was only being accused of speaking against Sikhism. Also read | 
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