Court grants one day remand to rape accused Sai

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All the three accused namely, Narayan Sai, Kaushal Thakur and Ramesh Malhotra has been handed over to the Gujarat police for a day by Metropolitan magistrate Dheeraj Mor.

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"All the three accused have been granted transit remand for a day. The court is not ready with the complete documentation yet" said lawyer A.B Singh.

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Defence lawyer, Ranjit Rana said that the proceedings went on for one and a half hours but they could not show any diary.

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"Sai was going to surrender at Kurukshetra. In fact, he said he had even spoken to the police personal. But, he police stopped him on the way" he said.

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The rape victims who had filed the complaint were not present at the court.

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Narayan Sai was arrested by a joint team in Pipli, Haryana on Wednesday.

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According to television reports, Sai had been on the run for the past 58 days.

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Surat police had registered two complaints - one against Asaram and the other against his son Sai of rape, sexual assault and illegal confinement as alleged by two sisters on October 6.

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Earlier on November 11, a local court declared Sai a proclaimed absconder under section 82 of CrPC, and asked him to appear before investigating officer or court within 30 days from the day of declaration of "proclamation for person absconding".

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The elder of the two sisters has accused Asaram of sexually assaulting her between 1997 and 2006 at his ashram, while the younger sister has filed a complaint against Sai, accusing him of repeated sexual assaults between 2002 and 2005 at the Surat ashram.

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Asaram, 72, was arrested on September 1 on allegations of sexual assault on a minor at his ashram in Jodhpur.