Surat: Narayan Sai, the 41-year-old son of spiritual leader Asaram Bapu, has allegedly confessed to raping a woman who lived at his father's ashram or retreat in Surat.
"He had further admitted that he had a physical relationship with eight other women followers in different parts of the country. We are trying to trace them so that corroborative evidences are gathered against the accused," said Rakesh Asthana, the Surat Police Commissioner.
These alleged confessions, made during interrogation, cannot be used as evidence against Narayan Sai, whose lawyer was not available for comment.
The police say Narayan Sai has admitted to fathering a son with a woman follower; both mother and baby are reportedly missing.
After two months of dodging arrest, Narayan Sai was found a week ago from near the Delhi-Haryana border, disguised as a Sikh. He has been in prison in Surat since then.
Two sisters have accused his father and him of raping them at separate ashrams in Gujarat between 1997 and 2006.
The younger sister says Narayan Sai raped her repeatedly between 2002 and 2005. Her older sister says Asaram Bapu raped her between 1997 and 2006 while she was living at his ashram on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
Asaram Bapu has been in a Rajasthan jail since September after a school girl accused him of sexual assault at an ashram in Jodhpur.
The sisters who subsequently filed rape cases against the 72-year-old religious preacher and his son said they were inspired by the 16-year-old's courage in speaking out.
"He had further admitted that he had a physical relationship with eight other women followers in different parts of the country. We are trying to trace them so that corroborative evidences are gathered against the accused," said Rakesh Asthana, the Surat Police Commissioner.
These alleged confessions, made during interrogation, cannot be used as evidence against Narayan Sai, whose lawyer was not available for comment.
After two months of dodging arrest, Narayan Sai was found a week ago from near the Delhi-Haryana border, disguised as a Sikh. He has been in prison in Surat since then.
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The younger sister says Narayan Sai raped her repeatedly between 2002 and 2005. Her older sister says Asaram Bapu raped her between 1997 and 2006 while she was living at his ashram on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
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The sisters who subsequently filed rape cases against the 72-year-old religious preacher and his son said they were inspired by the 16-year-old's courage in speaking out.
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