Chandigarh: Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walked out of Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak on month-long parole. Haryana's Jails Minister Ranjit Chautala said the 30-day parole was granted by the Rohtak Divisional Commissioner on the recommendation of officials concerned.
According to the minister, Singh had said in his plea that he wanted to go to the Dera Sacha Sauda Ashram, Barnawa, in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat.
Meanwhile, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami objected to the parole of the Dera chief and said this decision shows the double standards of the government. Dhami said, "On one hand, the governments are not bringing the 'Bandi Singhs' (Sikh prisoners) out of the jails despite they having completed their sentences, on the other the Dera head, who is a convict in heinous crimes, is being brought out from the jail time and again. "
