Gujarat: Monk booked for alleged rape, unnatural sex

PALANPUR: A 36-year-old woman on Tuesday night lodged a complaint against a swami (monk), accusing him of having raped her several times for more than one and a half years.
The survivor alleged that Swami Ramratanpuri of Satyam Society in Palanpur not only had raped her but also had subjected her to unnatural sex.
“We have booked Ramratanpuri under sections 376 ,377, 341,506(2) and 294 (b) of Indian Penal Code,” said an investigating official.
“The survivor said she had come into contact with Ramratanpuri during the hearing of a case in a court in Deesa. Ramratanpuri befriended her and offered her his house to live with her husband and two sons. Later, when Ramratanpuri demanded sex from her and the survivor refused, Ramratanpuri allegedly raped her and had an unnatural sex with her on the next day of Diwali in 2018,” said the official. Ramratanpuri allegedly raped her several times, threatening her with dire consequences, if she complained to anyone. The survivor alleged that Ramratanpuri had also forced her to divorce her husband. “The accused also used to lock the survivor in his house, whenever he went out,” added the official.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)