Ram Rahim gets 40 days parole, reaches Sirsa Dera: will celebrate birthday on 15th
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim has come out of jail once again. He has got 40 days parole. Ram Rahim, who was lodged in Rohtak's Sunariya jail, left for Sirsa Dera on Tuesday morning after getting parole. He has come out of jail for the 14th time on parole or furlough. He had 40 days parole left for this year.
As soon as he reached Sirsa Dera, Ram Rahim released his first video message for his followers. In this, he said-
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You people have come to visit, you listen to us every time, so I request you with folded hands that you have to serve the people the way you guide them. You have to stay at your respective places and congratulations to you for the service you are doing.
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Let us tell you that Ram Rahim is serving a 20-year sentence in the case of sexual exploitation and murder of sadhvis. According to sources, this time he has come on parole to celebrate his birthday. Ram Rahim's 58th birthday is on 15 August. However, he is not allowed to gather crowds in the Sirsa Dera. Yes, he can communicate with his followers virtually.
On Ram Rahim's birthday, lakhs of saplings are planted by his followers. Earlier, Ram Rahim came out on a 21-day furlough on 9 April 2025 and stayed at the Sirsa Dera. At that time he met his followers at the Sirsa Dera and also celebrated the foundation day of the Dera.
Dera spokesperson Jitendra Khurana said that Ram Rahim has been given 40 days parole by the State's competent authority within the ambit of the law. During this parole, Baba will stay in the Sirsa Dera.
A convoy of luxury cars arrived to pick him up
After getting 40 days parole, Gurmeet Ram Rahim left for Sirsa from Sunaria Jail on August 5 at around 6.30 am amid tight security. His convoy of luxury vehicles came out, which included two bullet proof land cruisers, 2 Fortuners and 2 other vehicles.
Ram Rahim will stay in Sirsa Dera
Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim has come out of jail 14 times so far. Ram Rahim has got 40 days parole. This time Ram Rahim did not go to Barnawa Ashram in Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, but he will stay in the Dera in Sirsa.
Ram Rahim is in jail since 2017
On 25 August 2017, Ram Rahim was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the sexual exploitation case of 2 sadhvis. After this, on 17 January 2019, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the journalist Ramchandra Chhatrapati murder case. At the same time, in October 2021, the CBI court sentenced him to life imprisonment in the murder case of Dera manager Ranjit Singh.
3 years after getting the sentence, Ram Rahim was acquitted by the High Court in this case. Right now Ram Rahim is lodged in Rohtak's Sunariya jail. He has come out of jail 13 times so far on parole and furlough. This is the 14th time Ram Rahim has come out of jail.