Gujarat: Asaram's son Narayan Sai gets life imprisonment for rape of disciple

SURAT: A Surat court on Tuesday sentenced Narayan Sai, son of jailed self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, to maximum life imprisonment in a case of rape and unnatural sex. Sai was also fined Rs 5 lakh in the rape case of a disciple woman.
He was convicted earlier on Friday by the court and the quantum of punishment was announced on Tuesday.
Along with Sai, three other convicts in the case - Ganga alias Dharmishtha, Jamna alias Bhavna, Kaushal alias Hanuman - were sentenced to maximum 10 years in jail for aiding the prime convict in rape and unnatural sex. The fifth accused, Ramesh Malhotra, was sentenced to six months in jail.
The convicts were sentenced to lesser punishment of imprisonment for assault and wrongful confinement charges.
PN Parmar, special public prosecutor, had requested the court to award life imprisonment to the convicts in his argument before the award of punishment.
Sai and other accused were booked in Jahagirpura police station of Surat in 2013 following complaint of a woman. The elder sister of the complainant woman had lodged a separate complaint of rape and assault against Asaram on the same day. Investigation of the rape case against Asaram was transferred to Ahmedabad later since the rape took place in Ahmedabad Ashram.