Plea Against Rape Convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim's Parole To Be Filed in Punjab & Haryana HC on Monday

A legal notice has also been sent to the Chief Secretary of Haryana against parole with a demand to cancel the parole and remove the videos being made by Ram Rahim during the parole.

New Delhi: Senior Advocate HC Arora of Punjab and Haryana High Court is going to file public interest litigation on Monday against the parole granted to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. He will also seek the removal of YouTube videos being uploaded by him.

According to the sources close to ABP news, a  legal notice has also been sent to the Chief Secretary of Haryana against parole, in which there has been a demand to cancel the parole and remove the videos being made by  Ram Rahim during the parole.

Earlier on Thursday, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal slammed the Haryana government on granting parole to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh who is serving a jail term after being convicted of rape and murder cases.

"Ram Rahim is a rapist and murderer. He is given life imprisonment by Court but Haryana government gives him parole whenever they want. He is organising 'Satsang' and the deputy speaker and Mayor of the Haryana government are attending these events," the DCW chief said as reported by the news agency ANI.

However, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar earlier on Wednesday said he has "no role" in the parole granted to the Dera chief. She further claimed that the leaders who attended his Satsang were Ram Rahim's decent devotees. Maliwal further appealed to the Haryana government to cancel Ram Rahim's parole and sentence him to jail.

Ram Rahim Singh on October 19 organized a virtual 'Satsang' which was attended by many political leaders including the Karnal Mayor and many Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, sparking a fresh controversy.

Ram Rahim was recently released from the Sunaria jail on 40-day parole. The decision to grant Ram Rahim parole ahead of the Adampur bypoll in Haryana on November 3 and the panchayat elections has triggered a furore.

Rahim was granted parole for a month on June 17. He has been incarcerated, since 2017, in Haryana's Sunaria jail where he is serving a 20-year-term for raping two women disciples at his ashram's headquarters in Sirsa. Earlier in February, the Dera chief was granted three weeks' leave.

(With agencies' Inputs)