DELHI: Self-styled Indian godman, a Hindu ascetic, Asaram Bapu has been charged by Delhi Police on Tuesday in raping an underage girl in Jodhpur.
Delhi police have registered First Investigation Report (FIR) against the Hindu ascetic reportedly named as Asaram Bapu over charges of sexual assaulting a 16-year-old girl in a hostel in Jodhpur, the 2nd largest city in the Rajasthan state.
Police official said that the girl was raped in a hostel located at Jodhpur city, however, complaint has been registered but afterwards the case will be forwarded to Rajasthan where the incident took place, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported.
A zero FIR under section 376 was lodged at Kamala Market police station in central Delhi on Tuesday evening.
It is pertinent to note, an Indian girl became the victim of gang-rape by two of her Facebook friends today in Kota city of the same state, the third biggest city in the northern Indian Rajasthan state .
The case pertains to the rape of a girl at a hostel in Jodhpur. “We registered the complaint, but the girl said the incident occurred in Rajasthan, so the case will be forwarded to Rajasthan
Father of the girl, who is a transporter in Shahjahanpur situated in Indian province of Uttar Pradesh (UP), claimed that he came to Delhi to register complaint as Jodhpur and Shahjahanpur police earlier refused to lodge an FIR on Asaram Bapu.
According to reports, Joint CP Tejendra Luthra and inspector Pramod Joshi is supervising the case while DCP Alok Kumar may question the godman.
Moreover, the reports claimed that police official are approaching the case cautiously in order to avoid hurting religious community.
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