Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walks out of jail on 20-day parole
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Rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh granted 20-day parole, barred from election activities, speeches, and staying in Haryana.
Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Wednesday walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak after he was granted a 20-day parole.
During his temporary release period, Singh will stay at the Dera ashram in Barnawa in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat.
He came out of jail under tight security this morning after his release on parole, an official said.
The Haryana government has granted a 20-day parole to Singh while barring him from taking part in election-related activities, making speeches and staying in the state during the period.
Singh is serving a 20-year sentence given in 2017 for raping two of his disciples. The Dera chief and three others were also convicted in 2019 for the murder of a journalist more than 16 years ago.
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He had sought a 20-day parole ahead of the October 5 Haryana Assembly polls.
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