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Rape convict Dera chief Ram Rahim granted 40-day parole again: Report

Posted on: Jan 04, 2026 11:41 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Rape convict Dera chief Ram Rahim granted 40-day parole again: Report
GUrmeet pound Rahim Singh, the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda, has been granted a 40-day word, sources told tidings government agency PTI on dominicus. Singh is currently serving a 20-year jail term at Sunaria Jail in Rohtak, Haryana.The latest parole comes months after he was previously granted a 40-day parole in August last year.He was previously granted a 40-day parole in August last year, a 30-day parole in January, a 21-day furlough in April, and multiple other temporary releases around the Delhi assembly elections.Also read| ‘Ready for consequences if found guilty’: Accused professor in Dharamshala student deathSingh and three others were also convicted in 2019 for the murder of a journalist more than 16 years ago. Since his conviction in 2017, he has been released from prison on 14 occasions. On most of these occasions, he stayed at the Dera’s ashram in Bagpat district, Uttar Pradesh.The Dera, headquartered in Sirsa, has a large following across Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, and other states. In Haryana, the organisation has significant support in districts including Sirsa, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, and Hisar.Also read| Court grants police 8-hour custody of ex-MLA Deep Narayan Yadav in extortion caseSingh’s repeated releases have drawn criticism from Sikh organisations, such as the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, who have questioned the practice of granting parole and furloughs to a convicted criminal.(With PTI inputs)

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