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Indian spiritual guru arrested for assaulting woman
[DAWN] Police on Saturday tossed in the calaboose
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
a popular Indian spiritual guru, the second in the past month, for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman in western India.

Police officer Jaisingh Nathawat said the woman, whose parents have been followers of 70-year-old Kaushlendra Prapannacharya Falahari Maharaja, complained that the guru assaulted her on Aug 7 at his headquarters in Alwar, a town in Rajashtan state.

She said that the spiritual guru warned her against telling anyone about the assault, but that she decided to break her silence after another self-proclaimed guru, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, was tried and sentenced to 20 years in prison last month for raping two followers in northern Haryana state.

A court sent Falahari Maharaja to a prison for 15 days while the police complete their investigation into the case. The woman was allegedly raped when she went to hand the spiritual guru 3,000 rupees ($45) that she had earned for an internship with an attorney in New Delhi on his recommendation.


Posted by: Fred 2017-09-25
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=498092