The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice in a petition filed by the State while agreeing to examine the issue as to whether the convict who is granted "Custody Parole" (beyond 6 hours), has to bear the expenses of "Guards" deployed in Custody.
In the purported video, the Dera chief can be heard saying, "Got a chance after five years to celebrate like this so I should cut at least five cakes. this is the first one."
In a tragic road accident on Friday, five persons were killed and 15 others were seriously injured at the Dhanu Parole village in Jammu and Kashmir's Billawar.
Former councillor in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Tahir Hussain, who has been accused of a 'larger conspiracy' in the North East Delhi violence sought custody parole from the superintendent central jail on the medical grounds seeking treatment at a private hospital.
Addressing a letter to the Director General of Police (DGP) Janakpuri, Swati Maliwal wrote, "It has been oserved that the convicted (Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh) has been released multiple times during his incarceration and hold 'Pravachan Sabhas' and releases videos when out on parole."
Gangster-turned-politician and Ex-MP Anand Mohan, convicted in the murder of the Gopalganj district magistrate, was granted parole of 15 days, by a local Court in Bihar recently.