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Gurugram: Sunil Sangwan, whose tenure as Sunaria jail superintendent saw rape and murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim released six times on parole or furlough, has joined the BJP..
He is the son of former minister Satpal Sangwan, who left the Congress two months ago to join the BJP...
Such was the haste to ensure his induction into the BJP Monday that the Haryana government on Sunday expedited the process to accept his application for voluntary retirement from the post of superintendent at the Gurugram district jail...
Ram Rahim Singhs releases include a one-day emergency parole on 24 October 2000, a one-day emergency parole on 21 May 2021, a 21-day furlough ahead of the 2022 Punjab assembly elections from 7 to 28 February, a 30-day parole ahead of the 2022 Haryana municipal elections from 17 June to 16 July, a 40-day parole ahead of the 2022 Adampur assembly byelection from 15 October to 25 November, and a 40-day parole from 21 January to 3 March 2023 ahead of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir consecration ceremonies...
The Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act 2022 empowers a jail superintendent to recommend cases of prisoners for parole or furlough to the district magistrate, but the order of release is issued by the competent authority alone, which could be the deputy commissioner or divisional commissioner, depending on the prisoners sentence...
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