How did a modest and egalitarian sect morph into a sinister force for evil? How did an unremarkable small town boy become the biggest baddest name in Haryana? And why the hell was he called the Baba of Bling? We explore all this in our episode on Dera Sacha Sauda and its enigmatic leader, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Insan

SOURCES:

I.  News articles

1.  https://www.news18.com/news/india/anatomy-of-a-riot-when-gurmeet-ram-rahim-singhs-premis-turned-violent-1501983.html

2.  https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/a-farm-to-prison-story-of-the-baba-of-bling/article19562641.ece

3.  https://www.derasachasauda.org/saint-gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-ji-insan/

4.  https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/gurmeet-ram-rahim-insan-a-dera-chief-packaged-as-messenger-of-god/story-EI9wwfbV3zV2NxhO9d1NXL.html

5.  https://www.thequint.com/news/india/gurmeet-ram-rahim-cbi-murder-case-for-27-years

6.  https://thewire.in/culture/growth-of-deras-and-their-following-over-the-years

7.  https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-convicted-murder-dera-saccha-sauda-bjp-haryana-congress-5534181/

8.  https://www.thequint.com/news/india/castration-of-dera-sacha-sauda-member

II.  Books: Dera Saccha Sauda and Gurmeet Ram Rahim: A Decade-Long Investigation by Anurag Tripathi

(Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/0143442406?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc-21&camp=3638&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=0143442406)

III.  Youtube videos:

1.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKIcJJOMlLE

2.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q56QnplwDPQ (Dera followers threaten violence over court verdict: India Today)