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		<title>-&gt;Doug Weller: Reverted 1 edit by 175.100.135.99 (talk): Pov vandalism</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Reverted 1 edit by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Special:Contributions/175.100.135.99&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/175.100.135.99&quot;&gt;175.100.135.99&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;/w/index.php?title=User_talk:175.100.135.99&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User talk:175.100.135.99 (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/a&gt;): Pov vandalism&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Use Indian English|date=March 2016}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Narayan Sai&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 29 January 1972),&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Sai celebrates 42nd birthday in jail|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/sai-celebrates-42nd-birthday-in-jail/|accessdate=5 February 2014  |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; also known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Narayan Prem Sai&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  is the son of [[Asaram]].&amp;lt;ref name=NarayanSai&amp;gt;{{cite web | url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/asaram-son-asked-to-appear-before-commission-by-june--7841.html | title = Asaram, Son Asked To Appear Before Commission By June 6|publisher=IndiaTV | date =8 May 2005 | accessdate = 8 May 2005 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006174942/http://www.punjabnewsline.com/national/asaram-bapus-son-to-launch-political-party-ojaswi-soon/87608 |archive-date=6 October 2013 |url = http://www.punjabnewsline.com/national/asaram-bapus-son-to-launch-political-party-ojaswi-soon/87608#sthash.flL5TQ0R.dpuf | title = Asaram Bapu&amp;#039;s son to launch political party &amp;#039;Ojaswi&amp;#039; soon |work=PunjabNewsline |date =8 May 2005 | accessdate = 14 August 2013  }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He and his father are serving life in prison for [[rape]] and other crimes.&amp;lt;ref name=Deccan&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/narayan-sai-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-for-rape-731472.html |title=Narayan Sai sentenced to life imprisonment for rape |work=Deccan Herald |author=Satish Jha |date=April 30, 2019 |accessdate=April 30, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was mentioned in a list of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;fake sadhus&amp;#039;&amp;#039; released by [[Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad]], the apex organisation of [[Hindu]] [[Sant (religion)|Sants]] (saints) and [[Sadhu|Sadhus]] (ascetics) in [[India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/apex-body-of-sadhus-releases-2nd-list-of-fake-godmen/articleshow/62299603.cms|title=Apex body of sadhus releases 2nd list of fake godmen - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-04-11}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HT_FakeBabaList&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Asaram, Ram Rahim, Rampal: The 14 fake babas put on boycott list|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/asaram-gurmeet-ram-rahim-on-fake-baba-list-meet-the-14-faces-hindu-sadhus-want-boycotted/story-JYEQQkSYOOBFFQzKfbD7UP.html|accessdate=25 April 2018|agency=HT Correspondent|publisher=Hindustan Times, New Delhi|date=11 September 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The [[Gujarat Police]] estimate that Narayan Prem Sai has properties and investments worth more than Rs. 5,000 crore.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=&amp;#039;Narayan Sai has assets worth Rs. 5,000 crore&amp;#039;|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/narayan-sai-has-assets-worth-rs-5-000-crore-estimate-cops/article1-1178550.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302004439/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/narayan-sai-has-assets-worth-rs-5-000-crore-estimate-cops/article1-1178550.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2014|accessdate=30 January 2014 |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Narayan Sai is married to Jankidevi.&amp;lt;ref name=wife&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Narayan-Sais-Wife-Tells-Court-Their-Relations-Werent-Cordial/2016/04/20/article3390674.ece |title=Narayan Sai&amp;#039;s Wife Tells Court Their Relations Weren&amp;#039;t Cordial  |work=The New Indian Express |date=April 20, 2016 |accessdate=July 4, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; They were married for 10 years as of April 2016. In a deposition given in 2016, she described their relationship was &amp;quot;not cordial like it should be between husband and wife,&amp;quot; and that Sai spent most of his time with the women of his father&amp;#039;s ashram.&amp;lt;ref name=wife/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Sai was charged with molestation after a Surat-based woman who lodged an FIR against him in Jahangirpura Police Station of Surat, accusing him of exploitation and repeated rape between 2002 and 2005.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Ahmedabad: Narayan Sai approaches Gujarat HC, seeking quashing of arrest warrant| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narayan-sai-gujarat-hc-arrest-warrant-surat-rape-case/1/326368.html|accessdate = 24 November 2013 | publisher=[[India Today]] }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He evaded arrest for two months and was apprehended and arrested on 4 December 2013 in a combined operation of Delhi, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana police along the Delhi-Haryana border, and brought to [[Surat]] for custody.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=How Narayan Sai was arrested from Delhi-Haryana border? |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/12/how-narayan-sai-was-arrested-from-delhi-haryana-border/ |work=Biharprabha News |accessdate=4 December 2013}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On 6 December the High Court of Gujarat dismissed his status as absconder, however he remained under judicial custody since.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{ cite news |title=Ahmedabad: HC quashes NBW against Asaram&amp;#039;s Son| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/HC-quashes-NBW-against-Asarams-son/articleshow/26947700.cms?referral=PM|accessdate=6 December 2013 |newspaper=[[Times of India]] }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=bribe/&amp;gt; Sai was also accused of bribing the local authorities holding him in custody in an attempt to have the case of sexual abuse against him weakened or dismissed.&amp;lt;ref name=bribe&amp;gt;[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Bribe-conspiracy-Narayan-Sai-subjected-to-voice-spectrography-test/articleshow/28153243.cms Bribe conspiracy: Narayan Sai subjected to voice spectrography test]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Narayan Sai was released from Surat Jail on interim bail on 26 May 2015 to attend to his ailing mother Laxmi Devi in Ahmedabad.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{ cite news |title=Narayan Sai Released From Surat Jail| url=http://www.thestatesman.com/news/latest-headlines/narayan-sai-released-from-surat-jail/65556.html|access-date= 29 May 2015 |newspaper =[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=27 May 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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On April 26, 2019, Narayan Sai was convicted under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural offences), 323 (assault), 506-2 (criminal intimidation) and 120-B (conspiracy) by Surat Court and sentenced to life imprisonment.&amp;lt;ref name=Deccan/&amp;gt; Narayan Sai was also fined Rs Five lakh.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.uniindia.com/-godman-asaram-s-son-narayan-sai-gets-life-term-in-rape-and-sexual-assault-case-five-lakh-fine/west/news/1581700.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Indian Hindu religious leaders]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1972 births]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Living people]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Sindhi people]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:21st-century Hindu religious leaders]]&lt;br /&gt;
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