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Poora Sach: The story of the journalist who exposed Gurmeet Ram Rahim & paid with his life

The story was first published on Newslaundry in 2017 after Ram Rahim was convicted of rape. It has been republished this week as he has been cleared in a 2002 journalist murder case.

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Ram Rahim out on yet another parole, 14th since conviction in 2017

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year sentence for raping two of his followers, was released from Rohtak’s Sunaria jail on Tuesday after being granted a 40-day parole by the Haryana government, The Indian Express reported.

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Ram Rahim is silent ahead of Haryana polls. But his dera’s message is set to ring out loud

Serving life sentence in Rohtak jail for rape and murder, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has once again walked out of prison, on parole and ahead of an election. While the Election Commission has banned him from indulging in any political activity, and he hasn’t spoken a…

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Gurmeet Ram Rahim, 4 others acquitted in Ranjit Singh murder case

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others were acquitted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the murder case of former Dera manager Ranjit Singh. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 50-day parole

Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted 50-day parole, official sources said.

The Hindu

Haryana: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim walks out of Rohtak jail on furlough

CHANDIGARH: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda and a rape convict, was released on Tuesday from Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak district after being granted a 21-day furlough. This marks his third temporary release from prison this year.

The Times of India

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh gets three-week furlough

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Dera Sacha Sauda chief, granted 3-wk furlough from Sunaria jail in Rohtak, Haryana. Will visit sect's Ashram in Barnawa, U.P.

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SGPC chief demands a ban on Ram Rahim's activities

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Harjinder Singh Dhami has termed the activities of convicted Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh as "anti-social" and demanded the Centre and state government stop them immediately. Read more on Dynamite News:

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2015 Bargari sacrilege cases: SIT blames Dera Sacha Sauda

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Gurmeet Ram Rahim granted month-long parole, SGPC objects

According to Haryana's Jails Minister Ranjit Chautala, Gurmeet Ram Rahim had said in his plea that he wanted to go to the Dera Sacha Sauda Ashram, Barnawa, in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat

The Hindu

Dera Sacha Sauda chief out on month’s parole, SGPC slams ‘double standards’

ROHTAK/AMRITSAR: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is lodged in Rohtak’s Sunaria jail, was granted a month’s regular parole on Friday. He will spend 30 days at his dera in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.

The Times of India

Notice to Punjab on dera chief’s plea for relief from appearance

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday issued notice to the Punjab government on a plea filed by Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS)’s controversial head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh seeking exemption from physical appearance before a local court in Faridkot in connection with two more sacrilege cases in which…

The Times of India

Jailed Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim does not fall in hardcore prisoner category: HC

Ram Rahim is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two women disciples at his ashram in Sirsa, where the 'dera' is headquartered

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Convicted for 2 murders & 2 rapes, Dera chief Ram Rahim 'not hardcore prisoner', says Punjab and Haryana high court

CHANDIGARH: In a major respite to Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the controversial chief of Dera Sacha Sauda who is undergoing imprisonment in Rohtak’s Sunaria jail after being convicted for two murders and two rapes, the Punjab and Haryana high court has held that he does not fall in the category of…

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Dera chief Ram Rahim gets Z-plus security over threat from 'pro-Khalistan' elements

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government, in a detailed report submitted to the Punjab and Haryana high court, claimed that Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim was not a ‘hardcore criminal’ as he was not the assailant and had not executed the actual killings in the two murder cases that he…

The Times of India

Haryana based its decision on AG opinion

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Journalists attacked by Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s devotees were promised relief. What happened?

Three years ago to the day, Haryana’s Panchkula was on tenterhooks as followers of Dera Sacha Sauda poured into the city ahead of the pronouncement of a local court’s verdict in a rape case against the Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

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Final arguments begin in two murder cases against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

The final arguments in the two murder cases allegedly involving Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh commenced in a special CBI court here Sunday. Ram Rahim is lodged in Sunaria jail of Rohtak after he was convicted of rape and criminal intimidation by the same CBI court on…

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