Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was once again released from prison on Tuesday morning, this time on a 21-day furlough.
Singh was released from Rohtak’s Sunaria prison at 6.30 am on Tuesday and will be staying at his Dera in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat. His release comes ahead of the Assembly polls scheduled to be held in Haryana this October.
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The Dera chief is serving a 20-year jail term for the rape of two women disciples at his ashram in Haryana’s Sirsa.
The repeated paroles and furloughs given to the Dera chief had been challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Tuesday’s release on furlough comes days after the high court disposed of a petition that challenged the grant of temporary release to him.
While rejecting the plea filed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the court had observed that it should be considered by the competent authority without any “arbitrariness or favouritism”. The high court left it to the Haryana prisons department to decide on the Dera chief’s application seeking furlough.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh shall be staying at his Dera ashram in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat. 
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