Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim walks out of Rohtak jail on furlough

Chandigarh, November 21

Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak district on Tuesday after he was granted a 21-day furlough.

It is his third temporary release from jail in this year.

The 56-year-old Dera chief came out of the jail at around 2 pm, official sources said.

During his temporary release period, Ram Rahim will go to the Dera Sacha Sauda Ashram in Barnawa in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat.

The Sirsa-headquartered sect’s chief had applied for temporary release for availing furlough. He is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples.

Previously, the Dera chief had walked out of the Sunaria jail on a 30-day parole on July 30.

Earlier, the Dera chief had been granted a 40-day parole in January. In October last year too, he was granted a 40-day parole.

Prior to his October parole, he had come out of the prison on a month-long parole in June last year. Besides, he was granted a three weeks’ furlough from February 7, 2022.

In 2021, the Dera chief, along with four others, was also convicted for hatching a conspiracy to kill Ranjit Singh, a Dera manager.

The Dera chief and three others were convicted in 2019 for the murder of a journalist more than 16 years ago.