Raping girls no sin for 'Brahmgyani' like him, believed Asaram
Asaram believed that sexual exploitation of girls is not a sin for "Brahmgyani" or a highly enlightened person, a prosecution witness had deposed to the court during the trial that ended yesterday in a life-long jail term to the self-styled godman. He also used to take medicines to increase sexual prowess, said prosecution witness Rahul K Sachar, who was a follower of Asaram.
Sachar had seen Asaram molesting girls in 2003
The witness's deposition formed part of the 453-page judgment convicting the godman and his two accomplices for raping a minor nearly five years ago. Sachar, who was close to Asaram and had access to his "kutia" or abode, deposed that he had seen Asaram molesting girls in his ashrams in 2003 in Pushkar (Rajasthan), Bhiwani (Haryana), and Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
Asaram gave signals for the targeted girls
Asaram used to give signals to three girls, who used to stay with him, by throwing torchlight on the targeted girls. On getting the "signal", the girls used to take the targeted girls to his room in the kutia.
Sachar wrote a letter questioning why Asaram was doing so
Asaram used to roam around the ashram with the three girls targeting the other girls, said Sachar. One evening in Ahmedabad, Sachar deposed, he climbed the kutia's wall and saw the godman molesting the girl. He then wrote a letter questioning why he was doing this to girls and handed over the letter to the cook. Asaram read the letter but ignored it.
After repeated questions, Asaram said, "It's not a sin"
The follower sent a second letter to Asaram, but he chose not to respond to it, following which he forcefully entered the kutia and asked why Bapu was quiet on his questions. The response of Asaram was" "Brahmgyani ko ye sab karne se paap nahi lagta (It's not a sin for a 'Brahmgyani' or a highly enlightened person to do so)."
Asaram used to take medicines for increasing his sexual power
When Sachar posed the second question how a "Bhramgyani" can have such desires, Asaram quietly went inside and asked his men and guards to throw the follower out of the kutia. Sachar had further told the court that Asaram also used to take medicines for increasing his sexual power and used to consume opium. Codeword for opium was "Panched Buti".
After leaving Asaram's ashram, Sachar was attacked repeatedly
The prosecution witness had disclosed to the court that the three girls staying with Asaram were involved in abortions of the godman's victims. After leaving Asaram's company and ashram, Sachar was also attacked in 2004, for which he had lodged a complaint with police but no progress ever took place. He was again attacked after giving a statement in the Asaram sexual assault case.
Asaram was arrested and lodged in jail since 2013
Asaram was arrested and was lodged in judicial custody since September 2013 in the case, in which he was awarded life-long jail term yesterday by the Jodhpur special POSCO court.
