New Delhi: Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted a 21-day furlough. Singh walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak on Wednesday morning, sources said.
In January, the 57-year-old Sirsa-headquartered sect chief was granted a 30-day parole. Singh is serving a 20-year sentence given in 2017 for raping two of his disciples.
The Sirsa-headquartered Dera Sacha Sauda has several 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.
In February, the Supreme Court declined to hear a plea from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) regarding the temporary release of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.