Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, a convict in rape and murder cases, was released on Wednesday morning on a 21-day parole. Singh walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak in the morning.
In January, the 57-year-old Sirsa-headquartered sect chief was granted a 30-day parole.
Today's release is the fifth since January 2024. He has been granted parole 13 times — adding up to 326 days — since October 24, 2020.
Singh is serving a 20-year sentence given in 2017 for raping two of his disciples.
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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