No special treatment given to Dera chief: DG Prisons

August 26, 2017 10:11

Haryana's Director General (Prisons) K P Singh has rejected reports of special treatment and an attendant being provided to jailed Dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim.

He said the Dera chief is lodged in Sunaira jail and not in a guest house, as reported by some news channels.

"Some channels and papers reporting on special treatment to Ram Rahim. I clarify he is in Sunaria Jail, not in a guesthouse," Singh said.

"Ram Rahim Singh is being treated as normal prisoner. No attendant provided, no AC in the cell he is lodged in." the DG (Prisons) said.

Meanwhile, Section 144 CrPC still imposed in Rohtak where Dera chief has been lodged in a jail. -- ANI

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