<p>Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples, was granted a three-week furlough on Monday, official sources said.</p>.<p>The 56-year-old Dera chief is lodged in Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak district.</p>.<p>During his temporary release period of 21 days, Singh will go to the Dera Sacha Sauda Ashram in Barnawa in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat, they said.</p>.Out on parole, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh launches cleanliness campaign, BJP leaders join in.<p>The Sirsa-headquartered sect's chief had applied for temporary release.</p>.<p>Previously, Singh had walked out of the Sunaria jail on a 30-day parole on July 30.</p>.<p>Prior to that, the Dera chief had been granted a 40-day parole in January. In October last year too, he was granted a 40-day parole.</p>.<p>Prior to his October parole, he had come out of the prison on a month-long parole in June last year. Besides, he was granted a three weeks' furlough from February 7, 2022.</p>.<p>In 2021, the Dera chief, along with four others, was also convicted for hatching a conspiracy to kill Ranjit Singh, a Dera manager.</p>.<p>The Dera chief and three others were also convicted in 2019 for the murder of a journalist more than 16 years ago.</p>
<p>Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples, was granted a three-week furlough on Monday, official sources said.</p>.<p>The 56-year-old Dera chief is lodged in Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak district.</p>.<p>During his temporary release period of 21 days, Singh will go to the Dera Sacha Sauda Ashram in Barnawa in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat, they said.</p>.Out on parole, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh launches cleanliness campaign, BJP leaders join in.<p>The Sirsa-headquartered sect's chief had applied for temporary release.</p>.<p>Previously, Singh had walked out of the Sunaria jail on a 30-day parole on July 30.</p>.<p>Prior to that, the Dera chief had been granted a 40-day parole in January. In October last year too, he was granted a 40-day parole.</p>.<p>Prior to his October parole, he had come out of the prison on a month-long parole in June last year. Besides, he was granted a three weeks' furlough from February 7, 2022.</p>.<p>In 2021, the Dera chief, along with four others, was also convicted for hatching a conspiracy to kill Ranjit Singh, a Dera manager.</p>.<p>The Dera chief and three others were also convicted in 2019 for the murder of a journalist more than 16 years ago.</p>