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 In another setback to controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for raping two of his disciples, jail authorities in Rohtak on Friday refused to grant him a three-week parole to meet his ailing mother.

The decision not to grant the parole was taken by jail superintendent Sunil Sangwan after Justice Kuldip Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the state to take a decision on the representation of Ram Rahim Singh's wife Harjit Kaur.

She moved the parole plea saying that Ram Rahim Singh's mother Naseeb Kaur, 85, was suffering from a heart disease and she was not taking the treatment in the absence of her son.