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Dera Sacha Sauda chief released from prison on 1-month parole

A special CBI court last October had sentenced the chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others to life imprisonment in the 19-year-old murder case of sect manager Ranjit Singh.

gurmeet ram rahim singh paroleDera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. (Express photo by Jaipal Singh)

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was released on one-month parole from Sunaria jail of Rohtak, on Friday. He was taken out of prison under heavy security cover at 7 am. During his parole period, the Dera chief will stay in his dera at Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh.

He was last released on a 21-day furlough from February 7-27 this year to meet his family members in Gurgaon.

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court last October had sentenced Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others to life imprisonment in the 19-year-old murder case of sect manager Ranjit Singh.

In 2017, the Dera chief was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for raping his two disciples.

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