Asaram son Narayan Sai arrested in sex assault case

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New Delhi, December 04, 2013: On the run for 58 days, Narayan Sai, son of self-styled godman Asaram, was arrested along with four accomplices from a Haryana village and was to be produced at a Rohini Court in Delhi at 2pm, a police officer said on Wednesday.

“Our team got the tip-off that Narayan Sai was on the move from Punjab to Haryana. The team laid the trap and so he was arrested from Pipli village near Kurukshetra (in Haryana).

“Narayan Sai, who has been accused of sexual assault, will be produced in the Rohini Court at 2pm,” additional commissioner of police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav said.

Police sources said that the Delhi police crime branch officials, who were tracking the whereabouts of Sai’s driver Ramesh for the last few days, managed to zero in on his location.
 
The police, according to one account, conducted a raid on a house but Sai and his accomplices tried to flee in a SUV. However, the police were able to intercept them at a short distance.

Sai was wearing a saffron headgear, which is worn by a lot of Sikhs in Punjab. He was wearing a T-shirt, pants and a jacket to camouflage his appearance and avoid arrest.
 
The four others arrested with Narayan Sai were Hanuman, driver Ramesh, Vishnu and Bhavika.

Hanuman, who has also been named in the FIR along with Narayan Sai, carries a reward of Rs. 1 lakh, while there was a reward of Rs. 5 lakh on Narayan Sai.

The Gujarat and Delhi Police had been conducting raids all over the country in the last eight weeks to nab Narayan Sai, who has been on the run since a complaint of rape was filed against him in Surat, Gujarat, October 6.
 
Sai was on the run after a complaint was filed by a 30-year-old woman who alleged that he raped her between 2001 and 2005.

Two sisters, who lived in Surat, filed rape complaints against Asaram and Narayan Sai at different police stations in Gujarat. They alleged they were raped by the duo during their stay in the ashram in the mid-2000s.

Asaram is in judicial custody in Jodhpur jail since his arrest in September for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor.