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Yoga, tea and two slices of bread - This is how Ram Rahim Singh began his first day in jail

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim has been convicted in a rape case.

Yoga, tea and two slices of bread - This is how Ram Rahim Singh began his first day in jail File image

Panchkula: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who has been convicted in a rape case, is having a hard time in prison and is said to be a depressed man.

He supposedly spent a restless night in Rohtak jail on Friday night and was seen was seen walking in his barrack.

Ram Rahim is said to have got up at 4 am. As per India Today, he started his day with doing yoga in the barrack, followed by two slices of bread and tea.

Meanwhile, after reports of the Dera chief being given special treatment surfaced, Director General of Police (DG) Prisons, today said that the former is being treated as a normal prisoner.

Speaking to ANI, DR KP Singh said that he would request all media houses to not air or publish incorrect news about such incidents.

"The Dera chief has been locked up in District Jail, Sonaria at Rohtak and is being treated like a normal prisoner according to the Haryana jail manual," Singh further said.

Clarifying on reports of proving Ram Rahim Singh with 'luxurious' items, Singh said that no RO system or attendants have been provided to him, as it was said in media reports.

Adding, "There is no air conditioner in the cell where he is locked and is also kept under the surveillance of two prisoners as per the jail manual."

At least 31 people were killed and more than 200 were injured in violence in Haryana's Panchkula city after a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court convicted Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in connection with his alleged involvement in a 2002 rape case.

Even as the court announced that the quantum of sentence against the self-proclaimed god man will be pronounced on August 28, his supporters who had gathered outside the Panchkula court premises, went on a raging rampage, damaging vehicles (cars and buses), pulling down security barriers, attacking media persons, OB vans and public property.

 (With ANI inputs)

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