He received a 20-day parole in January and a 21-day vacation on April 9.Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape and murder prisoner, received 40 days parole from Haryana. This follows three months after the self-styled godman received a 21-day vacation. Ram Rahim received a 20-year term in 2017 for sexually assaulting two female disciples. The Dera Sacha Sauda chief and three others were convicted of murdering journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2019. Ram Rahim was released from Rohtak's Sunaria Jail and went to Sirsa's Dera Ashram. His 14th prison release since 2017 is reported.Rahim received a life sentence in 2002 for murdering his manager Ranjit Singh. In May 2024, he and four others were acquitted after “tainted and sketchy” investigations. Earlier this year, he received 20 days parole in January and 21 days furlough on April 9. He was freed from prison three times in 2022: for 21 days in February during the Punjab assembly elections, for a month in June during Haryana civic body elections, and for 40 days in October during Haryana by-elections. In October 2020, he was paroled for 40 days during the Haryana assembly elections. He was barred from speaking, campaigning, and staying in the states during the elections.