Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is a convict in the rape and murder cases, walked out of Rohtak’s Sunaria jail on Tuesday after he was granted 40-day parole.
File photo of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. (HT PHOTO)
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Ram Rahim Singh walked out of Sunaria prison in Haryana's Rohtak on Tuesday morning and headed to his Sirsa headquarters in his cavalcade. He will stay at his Sirsa-headquartered Dera during his parole, Dera spokesperson and advocate Jitender Khurana said.
This is Singh's 14th temporary release from the jail since 2020. He was granted a 21-day furlough in April this year. In total, he has spent 326 days out of the jail until now.
Singh, who will turn 58 on August 15, was convicted in 2017 for raping two of his disciples. The Dera chief was also convicted along with others in 2019 for the murder of a journalist more than 16 years ago.
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By the time Singh Ram Rahim will return to jail at the end of his parole, he would have been out of prison for three months this year.
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By the time Singh Ram Rahim will return to jail at the end of his parole, he would have been out of prison for three months this year.
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