Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh – serving a life term for the murder of his manager in 2002 and another for the murder of a journalist, as well as a 20-year term for the rape – will walk out of jail in Haryana’s Rohtak this evening after being granted a furlough of 21 days.
He had earlier been given three emergency (sunrise-to-sunset) paroles to meet his ailing mother and get medical check-ups. This release, however, comes less than two weeks before the Punjab polls, where the BJP (in power in Haryana) is looking to oust the Congress.
