Rape Convict Ram Rahim To Leave Jail Again, 9th Parole In 4 Years

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh - supposed to be serving a 20-year jail term for raping two women - has been granted parole, again. Singh has been released for 50 days; this is Ram Rahim Singh's seventh parole in the past 24 months, and ninth in the last four years.

Last year alone Ram Rahim Singh - on paper behind bars in Sunaria Jail in Haryana's Rohtak district - was given parole on three occasions, adding up to 91 days.

He was released for 21 days in November, 30 days in July, and 40 days starting January 21 - to attend former Dera chief Shah Satnam Singh's birth anniversary.