Rohtak, Sept. 16 -- Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, convicted for rape and murder, returned to Rohtak's Sunaria jail on Monday after completing his 40-day parole.

He was granted parole on August 5, marking his 14th temporary release from the prison since 2020. This release exhausted his annual allowance for temporary leave, which includes 10 weeks of parole and 21 days of furlough.

Before this parole, he had spent 21 days on furlough in April. For the first time, he spent the entire furlough period at the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda sect and participated in the Dera's foundation day celebrations on April 29.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted in 2017 for raping two of his disciples and, in 2019, for the murder of a ...