The son of a slain journalist, who first published an anonymous letter addressed to then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that eventually led to the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a 2002 rape case, said the verdict has reaffirmed his faith in the law.
Anshul Chhatrapati's father Ram Chander Chhatrapati was killed on October 24, 2002, five months after 'Pura Sach', a newspaper run by him, published an anonymous letter accusing the Dera chief of rape. "My father's death was a direct result of his publishing the anonymous letter in the edition dated May 30, 2002. The next day onwards, there were threats and he understood that he was likely to be killed. Still, he decided to soldier on," Anshul said in a press conference.