No respite for Bapu: Fresh charges against Asaram; controversial godman booked for rape & criminal conspiracy

Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar: In a significant development, controversial godman Asaram has been booked under rape, intimidation and wrongful confinement on Thursday. 

 

Gujarat police have filed a chargesheet against the 72-year-old and five others. 

 

In a charge-sheet filed against him in a Gandhinagar court, the spiritual guru has also been accused of illegal confinement and criminal conspiracy. Five others, including his wife and daughter, have also been booked by the police.

 

Earlier, two sisters from Surat in Gujarat had filed a rape case against the jailed godman and his son Narayan Sai. They said the incidents took place between 2002 and 2004.

 

The girl from Chandkheda area in Ahmedabad came to Surat along with Ahmedabad police and registered her statements with Jehangipura police station. Earlier, she was a devotee of Asaram and staying at Jehangirpura ashram in Surat for a few years.

 

The accused has been lodged at central jail in Jodhpur for few months for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor at his ashram in Rajasthan.  

Source : http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/GUJ-AHD-gujarat-fresh-charges-against-asaram-controversial-godman-booked-under-rape-inti-4488729-NOR.html