Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s doctor files petition in high court, alleges jail administration torturing DSS chief
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim who is currently serving a 20-year-sentence in Sunaria Jail in Rohtak is being tortured inside the jail, doctors from DSS, Sirsa claimed in the petition.
Doctor Mohit Gupta has filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana high court that Gurmeet Ram Rahim is being tortured physically and mentally inside the jail. The petition had also sought information on the rights of a jail inmate under the Right To Information (RTI) Act but was refuted.
Gupta also alleged that the jail administration is denying the rights of jail inmates to Gurmeet Ram Rahim. Jail admin is not allowing anybody to meet Ram Rahim and also not allowed to make phone calls, the doctor alleged in the petition.
Quoting a jail superintendent driver’s father who runs a tea shop outside the jail complex, the petitioner told the court that Gurmeet Ram Rahim is being tortured physically and mentally inside the jail.
He also said in a petition that there are a lot of criminals are being lodged in this jail which is dangerous to Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s life.
According to the petition, jail is believed to be a high-security zone but several cases of robbery and gang wars have been reported from this jail.
The petitioner demanded that Gurmeet Ram Rahim should be produced in the court. He also alleged the political party leaders are also pressurizing Gurmeet Ram Rahim to announce his support for the party in the Lok Sabha elections.
Earlier, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was denied parole for the agriculture and marriage of his daughter.
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First published: 23 October 2019, 12:05 IST