Like father like son. On 26 April, Surat District Court had declared guilty Narayan Sai, the son of self-styled Godman Asaram, in a rape case. The victim takes us back to 2002 when the younger of two sisters accused Narayan of raping her in Surat while she stayed at his father's ashram.
Victim said Narayan raped her between 2002 and 2005. Afterwards, under sections of IPC pertaining to rape, unnatural sex, molestation, wrongful confinement, unlawful assembly, rioting armed with deadly weapons, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy, Narayan proves to be charged. Apart from this, the elder sister of the victim accused Asaram of raping her between 1997 and 2006. Asaram abused her in an ashram on the outlying districts of Ahmedabad.
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In 2013, the remorse sisters filed separate police complaints against the father-son duo. Narayan dodged the arrest and was finally arrested from Punjab-Haryana border in 2013.
Apart from Narayan, all other accused were out on bail. Police produced 53 witnesses in Narayan's case.
Along with the self-styled Godman, his wife Lakshmi, daughter Bharti and four followers were named in charge sheet, filed in 2014.They were indicted for "conspiracy, illegal confinement, and rape". Presently, Asaram is lodged in Jodhpur prison where he is serving a life sentence for raping a minor in Manai village near Jodhpur on August 15, 2013. Asaram raped the girl under pretext of "exorcizing evil spirits". He was charged under the POCSO Act and punishment was announced in April 2018.