Chandigarh, September 5: Lodged in Rohtak’s Sunaria jail since August 25 after he was convicted of raping two female disciples, Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim is being treated like any other inmate since he has not applied for facilities despite his claims of having received an honorary doctorate degree.
“Since we have not received any application about any of his educational qualifications, he has been lodged as an ordinary inmate. In case we receive any documents pertaining to his education qualification, we would examine to authenticate the same,’’ a senior prisons department official told HT.
According to the state jail manual, an inmate who is graduate or above is treated as category-B inmate and is entitled to a separate kitchen, a cook or a sewadar and choose work as per his/her qualification, such as handling the jail library or undertake office work.
