A Surat sessions court on Tuesday sentenced Narayan Sai, the son of jailed self-styled godman Asaram, to life imprisonment in a rape case filed against him by a former woman disciple in 2013. Additional sessions judge P S Gadhvi handed the life sentence to 47-year-old Sai and imposed a fine of ~1 lakh on him. The court also directed Sai to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the victim. The court had pronounced the judgement in the case on April 26 when it convicted five of the 11 accused and acquitted the rest. Sai’s father Asaram was convicted by a Jodhpur court in a rape case in April last year and sentenced to a life term.

Source: Hindustan Times April 30, 2019 12:09 UTC