Ram Rahim shifted back to Sunaria jail after meeting ailing mother
ROHTAK: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who is undergoing a 20-year jail sentence for raping two followers, was granted emergency parole in police custody “from sunrise to senset” on Friday to meet his ailing mother at Gurugram, Sunaria jail superintendent Suneel Sangwan said.
“He was taken to Gurugram to meet his mother who is undergoing treatment at a private place. Police took Ram Rahim in custody at 7am in the morning and was returned back to the jail. We have given him emergency parole in police custody by taking caution from Panchkula violence,” he said.
“Every prisoner has a right to get parole and it was granted after taking feedback from the administration and police. We gave him a day-long parole last year too,” Sangwan added.
Akal Takht opposes dera chief’s parole
AMRITSAR: Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, on Friday opposed the parole granted to Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, stating that the move has the potential to again disturb peace in Punjab. He said, “Some Sikh prisoners have tested positive for Covid-19 in Burail jail of Chandigarh, but the government is not releasing them, nor granting them parole. But, the dera chief has been granted the same despite committing heinous offences.”
Sampla slams FIR against pathi who held ardas
A day after police arrested ‘pathi’ of a gurdwara in Bathinda’s Bir Talab village for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by holding ‘ardas’ for Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim, National Commission for Schedule Castes chairman Vijay Sampla on Friday opposed the FIR.