Who Is Asaram Bapu

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday allowed self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is serving a life sentence for raping a minor, to undergo treatment for seven days at an Ayurvedic hospital in Maharashtra under police custody.

Police have increased security outside the home of a rape survivor after her father said he felt threatened by the disciples of self-styled godman Asaram, who is currently serving a jail term for the crime, a senior officer said on Tuesday.

Mohammed Shami's estranged wife Hasin Jahan said if Asaram Bapu and Ram Rahim could not evade the law and were punished for their crime, the Indian pacer would also get the same treatment.

The atmosphere of terror and threats surrounding the rape case against Asaram -- the 77-year-old self-styled spiritual guru who was convicted today -- extended to a school in Uttar Pradesh the survivor attended. The girl was 16 years old when the attack took place, but there were attempts to prove that she was at least 18 years old, since the quant...

A trial court in Jodhpur, has pronounced life term for Asaram who was convicted of raping a teenager from Shahajahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The 16-year-old was studying at his ashram in Chhindwara. Asaram was arrested and brought to Jodhpur on September 1, 2013 and has been in custody since September 2. Security has been stepped up around the teenag...

A court in Rajasthan will decide today if self-styled godman Asaram -- who runs 400 ashrams across India -- was guilty of raping a 16-year-old five years ago. Asaram has thousands of followers across India with extensive money and muscle power. The trial in the two cases against him has been marked by a string of attacks against witnesses who dared...

The five-year wait for justice is about to end for a young woman who tried to bring self-styled godman Asaram to book. The girl -- who was only 16 years old when she was allegedly raped by Asaram and his aides - will wait for the word from the court at her home in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Her father said she has got back to her normal life and ...

Rajasthan's Jodhpur has been placed under a tight security blanket as a local court is expected to decide on Wednesday if self-styled godman Asaram, who runs 400 ashrams across India, was guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl five years ago. In view of possible reprisals from Asaram's followers, the administration has imposed prohibitory orders banni...

In what is being termed as a major security breach, incendiary videos featuring Shambhulal Regar, a Rajasthan man jailed after a horrific hate crime, have been recorded inside the Jodhpur Central Jail and circulated. Regar, 36, has been in jail since December for hacking a Muslim labourer to death in Rajsamand and burning his body, all on camera. E...

The Supreme Court today pulled up Gujarat and questioned what it called a slow trial against spiritual leader Asaram Bapu, who has been in jail since 2013 for charges of rape.

The Supreme Court today asked the Rajasthan government to respond to the bail pleas of self-styled religious figure Asaram Bapu who is facing trial in rape cases.

The Gujarat High Court today allowed a Gandhinagar sessions court to conduct the trial of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is facing rape charge, through video conference from Jodhpur jail.

In the final hours of the Bihar campaign, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) dug out an old video in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is purportedly seen with Asaram Bapu, the guru who has been in jail for nearly two years over charges of rape.

Self-styled 'godman' Asaram Bapu, who is in jail since September 2013 for allegedly raping acminor, was today denied bail by a court in Jodhpur, the sixth time his plea for relief has been turned down.

A 33-year-old married woman, who had filed a case of sexual assault against godman Asaram Bapu, is mysteriously missing for over a week along with her son and husband, police said today.

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday allowed self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is serving a life sentence for raping a minor, to undergo treatment for seven days at an Ayurvedic hospital in Maharashtra under police custody.

Police have increased security outside the home of a rape survivor after her father said he felt threatened by the disciples of self-styled godman Asaram, who is currently serving a jail term for the crime, a senior officer said on Tuesday.

Mohammed Shami's estranged wife Hasin Jahan said if Asaram Bapu and Ram Rahim could not evade the law and were punished for their crime, the Indian pacer would also get the same treatment.

The atmosphere of terror and threats surrounding the rape case against Asaram -- the 77-year-old self-styled spiritual guru who was convicted today -- extended to a school in Uttar Pradesh the survivor attended. The girl was 16 years old when the attack took place, but there were attempts to prove that she was at least 18 years old, since the quant...

A trial court in Jodhpur, has pronounced life term for Asaram who was convicted of raping a teenager from Shahajahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The 16-year-old was studying at his ashram in Chhindwara. Asaram was arrested and brought to Jodhpur on September 1, 2013 and has been in custody since September 2. Security has been stepped up around the teenag...

A court in Rajasthan will decide today if self-styled godman Asaram -- who runs 400 ashrams across India -- was guilty of raping a 16-year-old five years ago. Asaram has thousands of followers across India with extensive money and muscle power. The trial in the two cases against him has been marked by a string of attacks against witnesses who dared...

The five-year wait for justice is about to end for a young woman who tried to bring self-styled godman Asaram to book. The girl -- who was only 16 years old when she was allegedly raped by Asaram and his aides - will wait for the word from the court at her home in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Her father said she has got back to her normal life and ...

Rajasthan's Jodhpur has been placed under a tight security blanket as a local court is expected to decide on Wednesday if self-styled godman Asaram, who runs 400 ashrams across India, was guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl five years ago. In view of possible reprisals from Asaram's followers, the administration has imposed prohibitory orders banni...

In what is being termed as a major security breach, incendiary videos featuring Shambhulal Regar, a Rajasthan man jailed after a horrific hate crime, have been recorded inside the Jodhpur Central Jail and circulated. Regar, 36, has been in jail since December for hacking a Muslim labourer to death in Rajsamand and burning his body, all on camera. E...

The Supreme Court today pulled up Gujarat and questioned what it called a slow trial against spiritual leader Asaram Bapu, who has been in jail since 2013 for charges of rape.

The Supreme Court today asked the Rajasthan government to respond to the bail pleas of self-styled religious figure Asaram Bapu who is facing trial in rape cases.

The Gujarat High Court today allowed a Gandhinagar sessions court to conduct the trial of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is facing rape charge, through video conference from Jodhpur jail.

In the final hours of the Bihar campaign, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) dug out an old video in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is purportedly seen with Asaram Bapu, the guru who has been in jail for nearly two years over charges of rape.

Self-styled 'godman' Asaram Bapu, who is in jail since September 2013 for allegedly raping acminor, was today denied bail by a court in Jodhpur, the sixth time his plea for relief has been turned down.

A 33-year-old married woman, who had filed a case of sexual assault against godman Asaram Bapu, is mysteriously missing for over a week along with her son and husband, police said today.