A special court in Ambala will hear arguments on Tuesday on framing of charges against five members of Dera Sacha Sauda, which is embroiled in a standoff with Sikhs, for having allegedly killed one of its managers in July 2002.

The CBI is investigating three cases against Dera members including alleged sexual exploitation of sadhvis, murder of a journalist and killing of Ranjit Singh, a former manager of the Dera.

The CBI had filed its first chargesheet in the case on November 26, 2005 and a supplementary chargesheet on February 1 this year against five people -- Kishan Lal, Sabdal Singh, Avtar Singh, Inder Sen and Jasbir Singh.

The agency, which is investigating the case on orders from Punjab and Haryana High Court, claimed the accused Kishan Lal, who is one of the managers at the Dera Sachha Sauda, headed by Gurmeet Singh, on the outskirts of Sirsa, was allegedly involved in the murder of Ranjit Singh in July 2002.

The CBI took up the case following orders from the High Court, which had received an anonymous complaint alleging widespread sexual abuse of sadhvis in the Dera, a religious site.

According to CBI, Kishan Lal was arrested on August 31 and following his disclosure, the agency recovered the car and the weapon allegedly used in the murder of Ranjit Singh.

Singh, who was in the 10-member powerful committee looking after the functions of the Dera, was murdered on July 10, 2002 as the inmates believed that he was behind the circulation of the anonymous letter in May 2002, according to the agency.