‘Ram Rahim gets extra time to meet his family’

ROHTAK : A prisoner who came out from Rohtak’s Sunariya jail alleged the jail administration was favouring Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim by allowing him two hours meeting with his family members against the 20-minute meeting for other prisoners.

Rahul Jain, who came out on bail on Friday, said other prisoners were not even allowed 20 minutes to meet with their families on days when Ram Rahim appears in court through video conferencing.

“We are not allowed to go near his barrack. We have been told that if anyone tries to go near his barrack, he will be legally prosecuted,” Jain said. He said Ram Rahim stayed confined in barracks and does no work, against reports that he was growing vegetables in the jail at ₹20 a day. He said neither he nor any other inmate has ever seen Ram Rahim in jail and only heard about him from officials. HTC