A local court in Surat awarded life imprisonment to Narayan Sai, son of self styled controversial godman and rape convict Asaram Bapu, in a rape and sexual harassment case, which was filed against him in 2013. The court on April 30 pronounced the sentence after he was found guilty of rape and sexual harassment case on April 26. As per the case details, two Surat-based sisters in 2013 had approached the police, alleging that they were raped by Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai. One of the sisters accused Narayan Sai of repeatedly raping her between 2002 and 2005 when she was living at his ashram. Subsequently, Narayan Sai was arrested in late 2013 after a massive, country-wide manhunt.

Source: The Hindu April 30, 2019 12:33 UTC