Self-styled godman Asaram was wenesday convicted in a rape case by Jodhpur court on Wednesday.
“Authorities asked three states to be on alert and imposed prohibitory orders in sensitive areas, anticipating trouble by legions of followers of the 77-year-old who runs about 400 ashrams across the country,” Hindustan Times reported.
Asaram Bapu was charged with raping a 16-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh’s Shahajahanpur in 2013. Arrested in September that year, he has been in Jodhpur Central Jail for 56 months, HT reportsays.
Asaram faces a minimum of 10 years in jail. The maximum punishment for charges against him is life imprisonment.
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