Remember Baba Ram Rahim, the fake god man who is in jail for rape and murder? He might just get out on parole to farm his land!

"In the letter the superintendent has mentioned that Ram Rahim has exhibited good conduct in the jail and emphasised that the murder convict is not a hard core criminal"

He is a convicted murderer and rapist. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 and has starred in some nonsensical movies laden with self-flattery. But it appears these are not reasons enough to keep the man in jail. He had applied for bail to farm his land about a month ago, in response to which the jail superintendent has sought opinion of the district administration. In the letter the superintendent has mentioned that Ram Rahim has exhibited good conduct in the jail and emphasised that the murder convict is not a hard core criminal. Apparently, you don’t become a hard core criminal until you have raped umpteen times or committed several murders.

Of course his land needs farming, and the sect chief with thousands of blind followers has no one to take care of it, totally believable. Anyway, regardless of what opinion the superintendent keeps, the decision is yet to come. And whatever it is, one can only hope it doesn’t mock the country’s law and judicial system. Apparently, the influential Baba has a strong PR team working for him. Don’t get surprised if you bump into tweets celebrating the baba’s life. He in fact trends every other day on twitter, and so does Asaram Bapu. Just a little look in any of the accounts lavishing praises on Ram Rahim would present you with a clearer picture. This is what these twitter handles do all day. They keep posting tweets in favour of the baba. They are fairly new and most probably paid.

India has become a country where political parties can go to any extent to expand their influence and they don’t mind tweaking the system a bit to satisfy their purpose. So if a rape convict baba with a large following comes out of jail on parole, it shouldn’t surprise many.