A Press Trust of India (PTI) wire report, carried by Business Standard on 26 April 2019, on a Surat sessions court's conviction of Narayan Sai, son of the Hindu guru Asaram Bapu, in a case brought by a woman who alleged he had raped her repeatedly between 2002 and 2005 while she lived at his father's ashram. The report states the sentencing verdict was scheduled for 30 April 2019, and that Narayan Sai was arrested on 4 December 2013 near the Delhi-Haryana border after evading capture for months.
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Citation
AuthorPress Trust of India (PTI)
PublisherBusiness Standard
Publication Year2019
URLhttps://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gujarat-court-convicts-asaram-s-son-narayan-sai-in-rape-case-119042600500_1.html
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Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: a national wire service report carried by an established Indian financial daily, read directly on 14 August 2026, and consistent with the same conviction and sentencing timeline given on Narayan Sai's own Wikipedia page and in later LiveLaw coverage of his appeal. NotesRead directly, 14 August 2026. The complainant is not named in this source or in any fact or article citing it.
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Delhi, Cities This source names Delhi directly: "arrested on 4 December 2013 near the Delhi-Haryana border after evading capture for months."
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- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 13 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Organizations, 1 claims: 1 connected.
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21Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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5Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
2Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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