An FIR has been lodged in Shahjahanpur against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, his daughter and ten others on charges of rioting and criminal intimidation.
The case was registered on Friday on a complaint lodged by the father of a 20-year-old woman, who was allegedly raped by Asaram in 2013.
Ashok Pal, SHO at Kotwali police station, said the victim’s father has also claimed that some magazines, alleging that cases against Asaram are fake and that he has been framed, were distributed in the area to malign his and his daughter’s image.