Rape Convict Dera Chief Ram Rahim And His Temporary Release From Jail Just Before Polls

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is serving a 20-year sentence for raping two of his disciples.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted a 21-day furlough and will leave jail for the tenth time in the last four years.

He has been granted the temporary release days after the Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's (SGPC) petition against his temporary release. 

The high court on August 9 observed that a plea for temporary release by the Dera chief should be considered by the competent authority without any "arbitrariness or favouritism".