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  • Gurmeet Singh was released on furlough.
  • Currently serving 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples
  • Was given 30-day parole in January

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Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a rape sentence, is on a 21-day furlough, staying in Sirsa. This mirrors a prior parole near Delhi elections. Dera Sacha Sauda remains influential in regions like Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan. 

Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Ram Rahim gets 21-day furlough

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, currently serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples, was granted a 21-day furlough by the Haryana Government and released from the Sunaria prison of Rohtak Wednesday morning.

Shingh left the Sunaria prison early morning, and will stay at his Dera’s headquarters in Sirsa during the period of his release. In January, he was released on a 30-day parole a week before the Delhi Assembly elections, and stayed at the Dera’s headquarters in Sirsa.

In earlier instances, when he was out of jail, he stayed at the Dera’s ashram in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat. The Sirsa-headquartered Dera Sacha Sauda has a number of followers in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and other states.

In Haryana, the Dera has a sizable number of followers in many districts including Sirsa, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra, Kaithal and Hisar.

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