Rape Case: Asaram Bapu guilty of raping a disciple, Gandhinagar court will announce punishment tomorrow

Asaram Bapu News: The Gandhinagar court of Gujarat has convicted Asaram Bapu on Monday (January 30) in the case of rape of a female follower. Gandhinagar Sessions Court has convicted Asaram Bapu in the 2013 rape case of two sisters from Surat. Asaram's son Narayan Sai was also an accused in this case.

Asaram's wife Lakshmi, daughter Bharati and four female followers - Dhruvben, Nirmala, Jassi and Meera - were also named as accused in the case. All of them were acquitted by the Gandhinagar court. Asaram is currently lodged in Jodhpur jail. Asaram will be sentenced tomorrow. In 2013, two sisters from Surat filed a rape complaint against Narayan Sai and his father Asaram. The younger sister had said in the complaint that Narayan Sai repeatedly raped her between 2002 and 2005.

Two sisters had accused of rape

According to the girl, she was raped when she was living in Asaram's ashram in Surat. On the other hand, the elder sister had accused Asaram of rape in the complaint. The victim said that Asaram raped her several times in the ashram in Ahmedabad. Both the sisters have given separate complaints against the father and son. Asaram is lodged in a jail in Jodhpur

Asaram Bapu is currently lodged in a jail in Jodhpur. In 2018, a Jodhpur court sentenced him to life imprisonment in a separate sexual assault case. He was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl in his Jodhpur ashram in 2013.

Asaram Bapu jailed for 10 years

Jailed Asaram Bapu had recently sought bail from the court. In the bail application, Asaram had said that he has been in jail for the last 10 years. His age is more than 80 years. He is suffering from serious ailments. The Supreme Court should consider his bail plea sympathetically and issue a bail order so that he may get proper treatment.

(ASHNA)