Another self-proclaimed 'baba' exposed after rape complaint

Last Updated: Dec 20 2017 | 9:06 PM IST

Basti (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 20 (ANI): Yet another incident of rape in the name of devotion by self-proclaimed babas has came into light from Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, where female devotees of Sachchinanand alias Dayanand baba alleged him of raping them in his ashram named Satyalok Ashram Religious Trust. The police took action and raided the ashram. They apprehended the guardian, Dharmraj, but Sachchinanand fled the ashram. This is not the first incident, earlier Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted in two rape cases in Haryana.

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