Letter on sexcapades that nailed Dera chief

CHANDIGARH: Bhagwan Krishan ke yahan 360 gopian thee jinse vo prem leela karte the. Phir bhi log unhe bhagwan mante hain, ye koi nai baat nahi (Lord Krishna had 360 gopis he loved. Yet people worship him as God, it’s not a new thing).”

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had reportedly told this to one of his disciples when she objected to his sexual advances.

This incident was mentioned in an anonymous letter written by her in 2002 to then PM A B Vajpayee and Punjab and Haryana HC chief justice. The letter eventually led to a CBI probe into sexual exploitation and rape allegations against the preacher.

As per the letter, when the ‘sadhvi’ had objected, Gurmeet said, “There is no doubt that I am God.”

The disciple said thereafter she was raped by the

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head repeatedly over the next three years, and that a large number of sadhvis who were sexually exploited were between 35 and 40 years.