Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples and is lodged in the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak, was again granted a 40-day parole, said sources on Sunday (January 4, 2026).
His latest parole comes months after he was granted a 40-day parole in August last year.
Parole and the political pirouette
Singh is serving a 20-year jail term, sentenced in 2017 for raping two of his disciples.
The Dera chief and three others were also convicted in 2019 for the murder of a journalist more than 16 years ago.
