Team Clarion
BULANDSHAHR — Two minor girls, aged 12 and 13, were allegedly raped by a 75-year-old ‘sevadar’ at an ashram in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr region. The accused Radha Swami Satsang Vyas worker was arrested on Thursday in the Syana Kotwali area, police said on Friday.
According to the police statement, the accused identified as Mohan Lal, would intoxicate the girls before assaulting them. “The accused committed the heinous crime multiple times during eight months when the class 7 student and her friend studying in class 6, used to visit the Ashram in their neighbourhood to play. The accused threatened them to remain quiet all this while”, the police said as reported in the media.
The incident came to light after one of the victims became pregnant. Based on the families’ complaints, the ashram worker used to rape them by feeding intoxicants in the name of sweet pills for eight months. We have arrested the accused, police said.
Police further said that the victims are from different families in the village and studying in classes six and eight, who used to go to the Satsang Vyas Ashram. “One of them stays right in front of the ashram. Therefore, both would go to play on the ashram premises,” police added.
According to Bulandshahr Superintendent of Police Shankar Prasad, “A few days ago, one of the victims started having stomach pain and was rushed to the doctor. After the ultrasound report came, she was found four and a half months pregnant.”
“The victim shared the entire incident with her kin mentioning her friend’s story as well. Subsequently, both of the families headed to the Kotwali police to file a complain,” the SP added.
Kotwali Police Station in-charge Premchand Sharma said that the accused confessed his heinous act during the interrogation process.”
