Narayan Sai

Narayan Prem Sai
Born Narayan Harpalani
(1972-01-29) 29 January 1972
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Residence Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Nationality Indian
Parent(s) Asaram Bapu (Father)
Lakshmi Devi (Mother)
Website www.narayansai.org

Narayan Sai (born 29 January 1972, Narayan Sirumalani/Harpalani),[1] also known as Narayan Prem Sai is an Indian Hindu religious leader. He is the son of Asaram Bapu.[2] Sai is founder of the Ojaswi Party, a Hindu nationalist political party.[3] The Gujarat Police estimate that Narayan Prem Sai has properties and investments worth more than Rs. 5,000 crore.[4] Narayan Sai is married to Jankidevi.[5] They were married for 10 years as of April 2016. In a deposition given in 2016, she described their relationship was "not cordial like it should be between husband and wife," and that Sai spent most of his time with the women of his father's ashram.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] On 6 December the High Court of Gujarat dismissed his status as absconder, however he remained under judicial custody since.[8][9] 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.[9] Narayan Sai was released from Surat Jail on interim bail on 26 May 2015 to attend to his ailing mother Laxmi Devi in Ahmedabad.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Sai celebrates 42nd birthday in jail". Indian Express. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Asaram, Son Asked To Appear Before Commission By June 6". IndiaTV. 8 May 2005. Retrieved 8 May 2005.
  3. ↑ "Asaram Bapu’s son to launch political party ‘Ojaswi’ soon". PunjabNewsline. 8 May 2005. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "'Narayan Sai has assets worth Rs. 5,000 crore'". Indian Express. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Narayan Sai's Wife Tells Court Their Relations Weren't Cordial". The New Indian Express. April 20, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Ahmedabad: Narayan Sai approaches Gujarat HC, seeking quashing of arrest warrant". India Today. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "How Narayan Sai was arrested from Delhi-Haryana border?". Biharprabha News. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Ahmedabad: HC quashes NBW against Asaram's Son". Times of India. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  9. 1 2 Bribe conspiracy: Narayan Sai subjected to voice spectrography test
  10. ↑ "Narayan Sai Released From Surat Jail". The Statesman. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.


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