He has been lodged in prison since August 25 when he was convicted by the CBI court in Panchkula on 2 counts of rape of female disciples in 1999
Used to a life of ultra-luxury, disgraced Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh will now earn a daily wage of Rs 20 for cultivating a small farm holding near his prison barrack and growing vegetables.
The rapist sect chief, who used to spend millions of rupees on his public appearances and crores to build flashy mansions for his comfort, will now have to survive on his meager earnings from manual work inside the prison, Director General K P Singh, Jails, said on Tuesday.
He told media here that Gurmeet Singh was being treated as a common prisoner in jail and would be assigned farming work from next month as part of the 20-year rigorous imprisonment sentence awarded to him by a CBI special court.
The DG denied reports that special facilities were being given to him inside the prison at the District Jasil at Sunaria near Rohtak town.
"All news reports about special treatment and his health are misleading and divorced from truth," he said.
"Jail rules allow two persons having a blood relation to talk to a prisoner over the phone. The prisoner is allowed to talk after police verification of the phone numbers. Gurmeet Singh gave two phone numbers, one of which belongs to Honeypreet, while the other is his own. Honeypreet's number is not reachable and Gurmeet Singh might have left his phone in the Dera.....Read More
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