Overview
- A 40-day parole for Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was reported on Sunday by PTI, as cited by the Hindustan Times.
- Singh is serving a 20-year sentence at Sunaria Jail in Rohtak following his 2017 conviction for raping two disciples.
- He and three others were also convicted in 2019 for the murder of a journalist.
- Since 2017 he has received multiple temporary releases, including a 40-day parole in August, a 30-day parole in January, a 21-day furlough in April, and other releases near the Delhi assembly elections.
- On many releases he stayed at the Dera’s Bagpat ashram, and the sect maintains a sizable following across Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.