He can do anything to our family: Rape survivor's father on fresh bail for Asaram
The Hindu
Asaram's bail puts rape survivor's family in danger, father claims, as self-proclaimed godman "manages everyone" and travels freely.
With Asaram, who is serving life imprisonment in a rape case, getting fresh interim bail, the survivor's father has said his family now faces increased danger as the self-proclaimed godman "can do anything" to them any time.
The man, a resident of the Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, expressed surprise over Asaram being granted bail multiple times and claimed that "he is managing everyone".
The victim was raped at Asaram's Jodhpur ashram when she was a minor (16) in 2013.
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 28, 2025) granted fresh temporary bail for three months to Asaram on medical grounds.
Senior advocate Shalin Mehta, representing Asaram, argued that the 86-year-old was suffering from heart and kidney ailments, and the only treatment available to him was ayurvedic 'panchakarma'.
The treatment at a Jodhpur-based ayurvedic facility had only just begun and would take another three months, the lawyer told the court.
"When Asaram was in jail, it was our victory. Now, he is managing everyone. I am surprised that the court is repeatedly granting interim bail to Asaram, first for seven days, then 12 days, then two and a half months and now for three months," the survivor's father told PTI.
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