Mudda Aaj Ka: Asaram found guilty of raping teenager in 2013, awarded life term

Self-styled godman Asaram was pronounced guilty for raping a teenage girl in his ashram five years ago by a Jodhpur court on Wednesday and was awarded life imprisonment in the case. Special judge Madhusudan Sharma's verdict, which comes as the debate over sexual violence, particularly the rape of minors, intensifies across the country, was read out in the Jodhpur Central Jail where 77-year-old Asaram has been kept for over four years. The special court for SC/ST cases convicted two other accused, Shilpi and Sharad, and acquitted two, Prakash and Shiva.