Pastor Bajinder Singh has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Mohali court. The court has given this sentence in a rape case. During the hearing on March 28, the court had convicted the pastor and fixed April 1 as the date for sentencing. After which the court's decision has come today. A woman from Zirakpur had filed a rape case against the pastor in 2018.
Raped on the pretext of settling abroad
The victim had accused Pastor Bajinder Singh in 2018 that he took her to his house on the pretext of settling abroad. During this, he raped her and made a video. Along with this, he also threatened that if she tells anyone about it, he will upload it on social media.
Police had arrested him from Delhi airport
In the rape case, the police had arrested Pastor Bajinder Singh from Delhi airport in 2018. But later Bajinder Singh came out of jail on bail. In March this year, the court had issued non-bailable warrants against Bajinder and 5 other accused.
The rest of the accused were acquitted, the pastor was convicted
On March 28, in the hearing of the rape case, Bajinder Singh was convicted by the Mohali court. However, the court acquitted the other 5 accused in this case. These include pastor Jatinder Kumar and Akbar Bhatti, Rajesh Chaudhary, Sitar Ali and Sandeep Pehlwan.
Offered Rs 5 crore
The husband of the victim woman says that Pastor Bajinder Singh had pressured him to withdraw the case. He got a cross case registered and also tried to scare him. When the matter did not work out, he also offered Rs 5 crore, which we rejected.
Accused of assault too
In fact, in the past too, the video of Pastor Bajinder Singh was going viral on social media. The CCTV footage going viral is of 6 minutes 17 seconds. In which the pastor is sitting in his office and in anger throws something at the young man sitting in front of him. Then he gets up from his chair and slaps the young man sitting in front of him. During this, the pastor gets angry and throws something at the woman and she picks up the chair and comes in front. After which the pastor slaps the woman. This video is being told of around 2:20 pm on February 14 of this year.
Attempt to defame - church worker
At the same time, church workers also came forward regarding the viral video. The woman says that the pastor did not hit anyone. All this is being done to defame the pastor. Propaganda is being done against him. The video is completely fake and no one has been killed. Some people are doing this deliberately.
A case of sexual harassment has also been registered
Earlier also the pastor woman had accused him of sexual harassment. The victim woman told that in 2022 he started making me sit alone in the cabin in the church on Sundays. Whenever she was alone in the cabin, he used to come to the cabin and touch her inappropriately. Due to which she is very scared. She expressed apprehension that he will get us killed. If she and her parents, husband and brother suffer any loss of life or property, then Barjinder Singh and Avtar Singh will be responsible for it.
Propaganda is being run against me - Pastor
On the other hand, Pastor Bajinder Singh has been denying all the allegations against him. He said that all the allegations are baseless. There is no truth in the allegations and a fabricated story has been created. Propaganda is being prepared against me.