Sexual assault case: Delhi High Court dismisses Daati Maharaj’s plea
The court had on October 3 transferred the probe to the CBI on the plea of a woman, who had alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the preacher.
The court had on October 3 transferred the probe to the CBI on the plea of a woman, who had alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the preacher.
The CBI took over the investigation and filed the case against Maharaj on charges of raping and having unnatural sex with an inmate of his ashram.
It said the FIR against him has been registered for alleged heinous offences of rape, unnatural sex, molestation and common intention under the IPC.
Delhi Police had in June registered the case following a complaint from the Delhi-based victim.
A Delhi Police team, accompanied by the woman, had visited the ashram in Pali city in Rajasthan to gather evidence but failed to find the accused there.
One of the witnesses in the rape case against self-styled godman Daati Maharaj has lodged a police complaint, alleging that…
