Conviction Hindu and Hindu-derived contexts Tohana, Fatehabad, Haryana, India · 2023

India: 'Jalebi Baba', temple mahant, convicted of drugging, raping and filming scores of women devotees

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

self-styled godman and mahant (chief priest) of the Baba Balak Nath temple, Tohana

Organization

Baba Balak Nath Mandir, Tohana

Spiritual nexus

Every victim reached him as a devotee of his temple seeking spiritual help; the blackmail machine ran on that same authority.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2023-01-10 · conviction and sentence

Fast-track special court, Fatehabad, Haryana, India. Baba Amarpuri, known as 'Jalebi Baba', mahant of the Baba Balak Nath temple in Tohana, was convicted on 5 January 2023 of rape, extortion and offences under the IT, NDPS and Arms Acts, for drugging and raping women who came to him as devotees seeking blessings and cures — police recovered some 120 video clips he filmed and used for blackmail. He was sentenced on 10 January 2023 to fourteen years.

Primary record

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Who Is Godman Jalebi Baba, Convicted For Raping Up To 120 Women', Outlook India, 11 Jan. 2023.: National-magazine report of the conviction and sentence.
national newspaper court reporting investigative report 'This ordinary Tohana temple is where Baba Amarpuri allegedly raped and filmed 60 women', ThePrint.: Investigative reporting on the temple and the case.

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