Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh granted 21-day furlough
New Indian ExpressCHANDIGARH: Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted a 21-day furlough by the Haryana Government. The Punjab and Haryana High Court on August 9 had disposed of the petition of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak which challenged the grant of temporary release to Ram Rahim, observing that a plea for temporary release be considered by the competent authority without any arbitrariness or favoritism. On February 29, the HC had directed the Haryana Government not to grant further parole to the Dera Sacha Sauda chief without its permission. In May, the Punjab and Haryana High court acquitted Singh and four others in the 2002 murder of the sect’s former manager Ranjit Singh, citing “tainted and sketchy” investigations in the matter.