Asaram rape case: Victim's father happy with court's verdict
What's the story
The father of the teenager raped by Asaram today expressed satisfaction over the Jodhpur court verdict convicting the self-styled godman and thanked the judiciary and the media for it.
"I am happy to get justice," the rape victim's father said after Asaram's conviction by a Jodhpur court.
"We had complete faith in the judiciary and are happy that we got justice," he said.
The verdict
We were living in constant terror for months: Victim's father
"For the past four months, our family members had not been coming out (of our house)...it is satisfying that the verdict has gone against him," said the victim's father after the verdict.
"We were living in constant terror, our business was adversely hit," he said.
The Jodhpur court found 77-year-old Asaram guilty of raping a teenager five years ago.
Victim
Before verdict, security was extended to the victim's family
The teenager from Shahajanpur in Uttar Pradesh was studying at the self-styled godman's ashram at Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh.
The victim had alleged that Asaram had called her to his ashram in Manai area near Jodhpur and raped her on the night of August 15, 2013.
Ahead of the pronouncement of the judgment, the district administration had extended security to the victim's family.
Information
Asaram Bapu was arrested in September 2013
The administration had also stepped up vigil at Asaram's ashram at Rudrapur, about 2km away. Asaram was arrested in Indore and brought to Jodhpur on September 1, 2013. He is in judicial custody since September 2, 2013.