CHANDIGARH: Seeking to dismiss claims that Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was being given special treatment, Haryana 's DGP (Prisons) K P Singh said judicial officers conducts surprise checks in Rohtak 's Sunaria jail where the rape-convicted sect head is lodged. "Almost every week a judicial officer conducts a surprise check and inspects the barrack where Ram Rahim Singh is lodged...There is no prior notice to jail authorities. "On security grounds, only a few inmates have been kept in Ram Rahim Singh's barrack. "Due to security reasons other prisoners are not allowed to come in his contact. "For security reasons, one of our officer tastes his (Ram Rahim's) food and those of other prisoners lodged in his barrack everyday before it is cleared for their consumption.

Source: Times of India November 14, 2017 13:52 UTC