Asaram rape case: Victim's father seeks strict punishment

The father of the teenager raped by Asaram today expressed satisfaction over the Jodhpur court verdict convicting the self-styled godman and demanded the "strictest punishment" for him.

"I am happy to get justice, I thank the judiciary and the media for it," the rape victim's father said after Asaram's conviction by a Jodhpur court.

"We had complete faith in the judiciary and are happy that we got justice," he told mediapersons soon after the court verdict.

"For the past four years, our family members had not been coming out (of our house)...it is satisfying that the verdict has gone against him," he said.

"We were living in constant terror, our business was adversely hit," he said.

Speaking about the hardships faced by the family during the trial of the case, he said he was given "allurements and life threats"