Dera Sacha Sauda chief walksout of jail on 20-day parole

 

 

DERA Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Wednesday walked out of the Sunaria jail inHaryana’sRohtakafterhewas granted a 20-day parole. Duringhis temporary release period, Singh will stay at the Dera ashram in Barnawa in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat. He came out of jail under tightsecurity thismorningafter his release on parole, an official said. The Haryana Government has granted a 20- day parole to Singh while barring him from taking part in election-related activities, making speeches and staying in the State during the period. Singhisservinga20-yearsentence given in 2017 for raping two of his disciples.

 

The Dera chiefand threeotherswerealso convicted in 2019 for the murder of a journalist more than 16 years ago. He had sought a 20-day parole ahead of the October 5 Haryana Assembly polls. According to the parole conditions, the sect chief will not take part in any electionrelated activity or deliver public speeches and will stay out of Haryana during the period. He will stay at Dera ashram in Uttar Pradesh’s Barnawa (Baghpat) during the period. The Dera chief had said that he wanted to stay in Baghpat during the parole if granted. The jail department had recently forwarded the Dera chief’s parole plea to the office of the Haryana Chief Electoral Officer in view of the Model Code being in place for the Assembly polls.