On 40-day parole, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was released on Saturday. After completing the paperwork Ram Rahim was released on parole.
Meanwhile, in the rape and murder case, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief is serving a 20-year sentence in Rohtak’s Sunaria Jail.
“The Dera chief’s family have submitted an application to the jail authorities seeking month-long parole for Ram Rahim on his behalf but it will be decided by the court and commissioner for how many days he will get parole and where will he stay during this time,” Haryana Jail Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala.
Ahead of the Haryana panchayat election and Adampur Assembly bypoll Dera Sacha Sauda chief was earlier granted bail for a month on 17 June and in February also he was granted parole for three weeks.
Since 2017, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is incarcerated and serving a 20-year term for raping two women disciples at his ashram.
Moreover, in connection with former Dera manager Ranjit Singh’s murder case in 2007, CBI filed a charge sheet against six accused and charges were framed in 2008 an in 2021 Rahim and four others were convicted.