Guj court convicts self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in rape case filed in 2013; sentence order on Jan 31"The court has accepted the prosecution case and convicted Asaram under sections 376 2(C) (rape), 377 (unnatural offences) and other provis...
30 Jan, 2023, 11.43 PM IST
Supreme Court stays Gujarat HC order granting two-week furlough to Asaram Bapu's son Narayan SaiOn June 24, the single-judge bench of the Gujarat High Court had granted furlough to Narayan Sai. Earlier, in December 2020, he was granted...
12 Aug, 2021, 12.09 PM IST
Delhi High Court vacates injunction on publication and sale of Asaram Bapu book 'Gunning for the Godman'The book will immediately be available for sale on all e-commerce platforms and in physical retail stores.
24 Sep, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
Asaram's son Narayan Sai gets life imprisonment in rape caseAdditional Sessions Judge P S Gadhvi handed down the sentence to Sai and asked him to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the victim.
30 Apr, 2019, 07.01 PM IST
Gujarat court convicts Asaram's son Narayan Sai in rape caseThe sessions court in Surat which convicted Narayan Sai will pronounce the sentence on April 30.
26 Apr, 2019, 02.54 PM IST
Godman Rampal, 13 followers sentenced to life term in another caseA woman was found dead at Rampal's Ashram in Hisar district on November 19, 2014. Rampal was arrested the same day for murder and other cha...
17 Oct, 2018, 04.05 PM IST
Asaram rape case verdict: Godman sentenced to life imprisonment till deathThe five charges levelled against Asaram are rape of minor, wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy and sexual har...
25 Apr, 2018, 06.45 PM IST
Asaram case: Rape victim's father happy to get justiceThe teenager from Shahajanpur in Uttar Pradesh was studying at the self-styled godman's ashram at Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh.
25 Apr, 2018, 05.16 PM IST
No untoward incident so far after Asaram conviction: MHAThe ministry is also keeping itself abreast of the prevailing situation, particularly in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana, said a Home Minist...
25 Apr, 2018, 04.13 PM IST
ET View: Ignore the 'politicisation' of Asaram Bapu's convictionThe man points at the moon and the idiot looks at the finger. Much of this brand of idiocy is doing the rounds in the aftermath of anything...
25 Apr, 2018, 03.15 PM IST
Settling inheritance cases of godmen has never been easyWith Dera Sacha Sauda chief incarcerated for 20 years, speculations on his successor are doing the rounds among his followers at Sirsa head...
03 Sep, 2017, 10.18 AM IST
'Security men assigned to Dera chief planned to free him'However, an alert team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sumit Kumar foiled the bid by the godman's commandos to escape with the...
30 Aug, 2017, 10.09 PM IST
Security tightened in Sirsa ahead of Ram Rahim's sentencingA multi-layer security cordon has been thrown around the Rohtak district jail where the CBI special court judge will pronounce the quantum ...
28 Aug, 2017, 08.15 AM IST
Fear grips Sirsa after Dera Sacha Sauda chief's convictionA sense of fear gripped the municipal town, which houses the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters.
25 Aug, 2017, 06.54 PM IST
Police use teargas, water cannons to disperse mobs in SirsaBarricades were put up about three kilometres from the sprawling headquarters of the Dera. Security personnel were equipped with teargas sh...
25 Aug, 2017, 05.43 PM IST
- No Independence Day relief for arrested godman Sarathi Baba, lands in jail
The SDJM court was opened in the first hours of the day to take up the matter as the police remand of the arrested godman ended midnight.
15 Aug, 2015, 10.30 PM IST
- Another Swami in trouble in Kerala
Yet another self-styled godman has landed in trouble with the law in Kerala with a court in Idukki district issuing a warrant against a fil...
18 May, 2008, 03.50 PM IST