- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
AN INDIAN guru with millions of followers was sentenced to life in prison last Wednesday (25) for raping a teenage devotee on the pretext of ridding her of evil spirits, his lawyer said. Asaram Bapu, one of India’s most charismatic and controversial spiritual leaders, was given the maximum sentence at a closed jailhouse hearing in Rajasthan, where hundreds of police were on high alert for any backlash from his disciples. “Asaram has been sentenced to life until death,” defence lawyer Rajendra Singh said outside the court in Jodhpur city. Asaram, 77, has always denied raping the then 16-year-old in 2013…
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