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Dera Saccha Sauda chief gets furlough ahead of R’sthan poll
This is the 5th time in the past one and a half years that Ram Rahim has arrived in Barnawa either on parole or furlough from Rohtak jail where he has been serving jail term after being found guilty of murders of two people including a journalist and being convicted in a rape case.
MEERUT Dera Saccha Sauda chief Ram Rahim arrived at his Dera in Barnawa in Baghpat district on 21 days’ furlough from Sunaria jail of Rohtak on Tuesday.
This is the 5th time in the past one and a half years that Ram Rahim has arrived in Barnawa either on parole or furlough from Rohtak jail where he has been serving jail term after being found guilty of murders of two people including a journalist and being convicted in a rape case.
He has been granted 161days’ furlough or parole since June last year.
He arrived in Barnawa for 30 days on June 17 and for 40 days on October 15 last year. He was granted 40 days parole on January 21and again 30 days on July 20 this year.
His arrival at his Dera is being linked with the assembly elections in Rajasthan where polling is scheduled on November 25. Ram Rahim originally belongs to Garushar Modia village of Sriganganagar in Rajasthan and has followers in good numbers in Sriganganagar, Churu and Hanumangarh which are close to Haryana border.
Immediately after his arrival at the Dera, he directed his followers through Youtube to not come to his place.
RLD’s state vice president and in charge of Rajasthan Narendra Khajoori said that Ram Rahim’s release on furlough was aimed at influencing Rajasthan elections as he had followers in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. He said, “The Dera chief will direct his followers through social media and other means about whom to vote for.”
Khajoori said he was also released on parole ahead of election in Himachal and Punjab and added that his frequent release on parole sent a wrong message in society.
