New Delhi, May 26 -- Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief serving a 20-year prison sentence for the rape of two women disciples, walked out of Sunaria jail in Rohtak on Tuesday morning after being granted a 30-day parole - his 16th release from custody since his conviction in 2017, a pattern that has drawn sustained criticism from Sikh organisations and raised persistent questions about the relationship between the Dera's political influence and the frequency of its leader's temporary freedoms.

Ram Rahim Singh was granted a 30-day parole and walked out of Sunaria jail in Rohtak, Haryana, on the morning of Tuesday, 26 May 2026. Dera spokesperson and advocate Jitender Khurana confirmed that the Dera chief would spend the par...