Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim once more granted 40-day parole

By PTI

CHNADIGARH: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Friday once more granted a 40-day parole, officers mentioned.

The newest parole to the Dera chief, who’s serving a 20-year jail time period for raping his two disciples, comes three months after he was granted an identical parole.

“The parole has been granted for 40 days. It has been granted as per rules,” Rohtak’s Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Verma advised PTI over the cellphone.

The Dera chief’s final 40-day parole had ended on November 25 final 12 months. He had gone to his Barnawa ashram in Uttar Pradesh after his launch on October 14.

Earlier, Haryana Jails Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala, whereas commenting on the Dera chief’s recent parole plea, had mentioned the latter had filed an utility looking for a 40-day parole which had been forwarded to the Rohtak divisional commissioner.

During his parole interval, the Dera chief can also be more likely to attend the start anniversary occasion of former Dera chief Shah Satnam Singh on January 25, sources mentioned.

During his earlier parole interval in October-November, the 55-year-old Sirsa Dera chief held a number of on-line ‘satsangs’ on the Barnawa ashram in UP. Some of those have been additionally attended by BJP leaders from Haryana.

Prior to his October parole, the sect chief had come out of jail on a month-long parole in June.

He was additionally granted three weeks furlough from February 7, 2022, barely two weeks earlier than the Punjab Assembly elections.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex spiritual physique of the Sikhs, had earlier raised an objection after Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was granted a 40-day parole final 12 months.

SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami had alleged that whereas particular kindness was being proven to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Sikh prisoners lodged in jails for about three many years weren’t being launched even after finishing their sentences.

The Dera chief in 2021, together with 4 others, was additionally convicted for hatching a conspiracy to kill Ranjit Singh, a Dera supervisor.

The Dera chief and three others have been convicted in 2019 for the homicide of a journalist over 16 years in the past.

CHNADIGARH: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Friday once more granted a 40-day parole, officers mentioned.

The newest parole to the Dera chief, who’s serving a 20-year jail time period for raping his two disciples, comes three months after he was granted an identical parole.

“The parole has been granted for 40 days. It has been granted as per rules,” Rohtak’s Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Verma advised PTI over the cellphone.

The Dera chief’s final 40-day parole had ended on November 25 final 12 months. He had gone to his Barnawa ashram in Uttar Pradesh after his launch on October 14.

Earlier, Haryana Jails Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala, whereas commenting on the Dera chief’s recent parole plea, had mentioned the latter had filed an utility looking for a 40-day parole which had been forwarded to the Rohtak divisional commissioner.

During his parole interval, the Dera chief can also be more likely to attend the start anniversary occasion of former Dera chief Shah Satnam Singh on January 25, sources mentioned.

During his earlier parole interval in October-November, the 55-year-old Sirsa Dera chief held a number of on-line ‘satsangs’ on the Barnawa ashram in UP. Some of those have been additionally attended by BJP leaders from Haryana.

Prior to his October parole, the sect chief had come out of jail on a month-long parole in June.

He was additionally granted three weeks furlough from February 7, 2022, barely two weeks earlier than the Punjab Assembly elections.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex spiritual physique of the Sikhs, had earlier raised an objection after Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was granted a 40-day parole final 12 months.

SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami had alleged that whereas particular kindness was being proven to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Sikh prisoners lodged in jails for about three many years weren’t being launched even after finishing their sentences.

The Dera chief in 2021, together with 4 others, was additionally convicted for hatching a conspiracy to kill Ranjit Singh, a Dera supervisor.

The Dera chief and three others have been convicted in 2019 for the homicide of a journalist over 16 years in the past.