FILE- In this Sept. 1, 2013 file photo, controversial spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, center, is brought for interrogation by police at Jodhpur airport in Jodhpur, India. An Indian court has held the high ...

NEW DELHI-- An Indian court on Wednesday found a high-profile spiritual guru Asaram Bapu guilty of raping a teenage female devotee in 2013 and sentenced him to life in prison. The verdict against ...

A high-profile Indian guru with millions of followers worldwide will spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping a teenage girl whose parents believed Asaram Bapu could “cure” the girl of ...

An Indian court has found Asaram Bapu, a spiritual leader who has founded hundreds of ashrams in India, guilty of raping a teenage girl and sentenced him to life in prison. The much-watched case has ...

A self-styled Indian guru has been found guilty of raping a teenage female devotee in 2013. Authorities beefed up security in the state of Rajasthan fearing Asaram Bapu’s followers could react ...

A controversial Indian guru with millions of followers was sentenced to life imprisonment today after being found guilty of the rape of a 16-year-old follower. Can Indians counter the ethical collapse ...

Indian spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, 77, has been found guilty of raping a 16-year-old follower in a case that has shocked Asia. The holy man was arrested in 2013 after a sexual assault complaint was ...

A key witness in an ongoing rape case involving a self-proclaimed Indian religious leader was killed on Friday, the second death and latest in a long string of attacks on those planning to testify ...

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