Haryana government has provided Z plus security cover to the Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh over alleged high level threats from the Pro-Khalistani groups. He was released on February 7 on a 21-day furlough.
He was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment (10 years imprisonment for each) in two cases for raping two disciples at his ashram in August 2017. The sentence will run consecutively.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim was sentenced to life imprisonment in connection to the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatarpati in 2002. He was also convicted for the murder of former Dera manager Ranjit Singh in 2002.
A special CBI Court in Panchkula convicted him in 2017 and he was lodged in Rohtak’s Sunaria jail.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Was Nit Hardcore Criminal : Haryana Govt
In a detailed report submitted to Punjab and Haryana High Court, Haryana govt submitted that 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 has been convicted for.
It further added that Dera Chief was only convicted for hatching conspiracy with other accused in these two murders.
Advocate General of Haryana had opined that he cannot be categorised as a ‘hardcore criminal’ under Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act.
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