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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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‘Don’t say anything against our pitaji’: The lure of Ram Rahim

The story was first published on Newslaundry in 2017, a day before Ram Rahim was convicted of rape. We are republishing it today as Ram Rahim, who is serving a 20-year jail term, gets parole – again.

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SC issues notice to Gurmeet Ram Rahim, others on CBI plea in 2002 murder case

A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar issued notices, seeking the responses of those acquitted in the case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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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.

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Delhi HC asks YouTube journalist to delete video on Ram Rahim over ‘defamation’

The Delhi High Court today directed journalist and YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh to delete his video on Dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh – who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for rape – in a defamation case.

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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.

The Hindu

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walks out of Rohtak jail after being granted 40-day parole

CHANDIGARH: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak on Saturday. He was granted a 40-day parole.

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In Lucknow, 2 FIRs against SP media cell’s Twitter account over a week

The Samajwadi Party media cell’s Twitter account has been named in two FIRs, filed in Lucknow within less than 10 days of each other, for allegedly posting offensive tweets. While the first complaint was filed by a journalist who is seen as being close to the BJP on November 23,…

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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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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

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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.

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Give damage claim details, says Punjab and Haryana high court

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday directed the Punjab and Haryana governments to inform it about the details of claims for damages caused during the 2017 violence that had erupted following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in rape cases. The HC…

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 Hindu

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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Dera chief Ram Rahim gets Z-plus security on his release on furlough

“There are reliable inputs, regarding the threat to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh from pro-Khalistan activists," the official communication said

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Furlough granted to dera chief: HC summons record

CHANDIGARH: Taking cognisance of a plea seeking cancellation of the Haryana government’s order granting 21-day furlough to controversial Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday directed the Haryana government to file reply on the issue by Monday.

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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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The lure of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

For much of the English news media, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is somewhat of a joke who first burst onto the scene with his viral song, Love Charger in 2014.He’s been steady fodder since with his music videos, blingy fashion sense, hairy back and five movies.The self-styled ‘messenger of god’…

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