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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

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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

Archive classification

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

  • Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
  • Spiritual healing or treatment

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 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.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • devotees' resort to him for blessings and cures
  • drugged prasad/food
  • filmed assaults used for blackmail to compel silence and repeat compliance

Cited record

Sources

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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https://www.outlookindia.com/national/who-is-godman-jalebi-baba-convicted-for-raping-up-to-120-women-and-sentenced-to-14-years-in-jail-news-252768 Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 d82d9018e0d807fe016569252479ce4eeb2dbf35abc169c9099c274f017ca7d7
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https://theprint.in/india/governance/this-ordinary-tohana-temple-is-where-baba-amarpuri-allegedly-raped-and-filmed-60-women/87124/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: investigative-report. SHA-256 d245a73d0e7fe59645f29ac2e666f6001603c65c032e18538745a9d852897e55
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