Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted a 30-day parole, officials said on Tuesday. Ram Rahim will stay at his Sirsa-headquartered Dera during the parole period, said Dera spokesperson and advocate Jitender Khurana. The Dera chief, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples, is currently lodged in the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak. This is the latest in a series of paroles granted to him. It comes months after he was granted a similar parole in January. The Dera Sacha Sauda was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2017 after being convicted of raping two of his women disciples.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of raping two of his disciples and is currently serving a 20-year jail term in connection with the case
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples, was granted a three-week furlough on Monday, official sources said. The 56-year-old Dera chief is lodged in Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak district. During his temporary release period of 21 days, Singh will go to the Dera Sacha Sauda Ashram in Barnawa in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat, they said. The Sirsa-headquartered sect's chief had applied for temporary release. Previously, Singh had walked out of the Sunaria jail on a 30-day parole on July 30. Prior to that, the Dera chief had been granted a 40-day parole in January. In October last year too, he was granted a 40-day parole. Prior to his October parole, he had come out of the prison on a month-long parole in June last year. Besides, he was granted a three weeks' furlough from February 7, 2022. In 2021, the Dera chief, along with four others, was also convicted for hatching a conspiracy to kill Ranjit Singh, a Dera manage
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