Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is released on parole on Tuesday. 57-year-old Singh is being granted a 30-day parole. He is visiting his Sirsa-headquartered Dera in Haryana for the first time ever since he was sentenced to jail in 2017 in the rape case. Singh is expected to stay at Sirsa for ten days and at the UP situated Bhagpat ashram for the remaining days.
Sirsa-based Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term for allegedly raping two of his disciples, is currently lodged in Sunaria Jail in Rohtak, Haryana. He was also awarded life-term imprisonment for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati, which will commence after the completion of his current sentence.
Ram Rahi shares YouTube video
Upon reaching the Dera in Sirsa, Singh released a video message for his followers, asking them not to visit the Dera.
Ranjit Singh murder case
Ranjit Singh was fatally shot at by four unidentified assailants at Khanpur Kolian Village in Haryana's Kurukshetra on July 10, 2002. The murder was allegedly orchestrated by Ram Rahim Singh, who suspected the deceased of being behind the circulation of an anonymous letter accusing him of sexually exploiting his women followers.
A special CBI court in Panchkula, Haryana, convicted all the accused in October, 2021 and sentenced them to life-term imprisonment in the murder case. Singh was held guilty of hatching a criminal conspiracy with the co-accused persons.
Those acquitted include Avtar Singh, Krishan Lal, Jasbir Singh, and Sabdil Singh whereas another accused Inder Sain, died during the pendency of the trial in 2020.