Monday 28 August 2017

AP Photos: Flamboyant Indian guru sentenced to prison

In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, file photo, Indian spiritual guru, who calls himself Dr. Saint Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim Insan, rides a motorcycle as he arrives for a press conference ahead of the release of his new film “MSG: The Warrior Lion Heart,” in New Delhi, India. A judge on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, sentenced the flamboyant and controversial Indian spiritual guru to prison on charges of raping two female followers.
A popular and flamboyant Indian spiritual guru, who calls himself Dr. Saint Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim Insan, was sentenced by a judge on Monday to 20 years in prison on charges of raping two female followers.

The guru has denied raping the two followers, in a case that stems from charges filed in 2002.

The bling-loving leader is fond of red leather jackets, bejeweled hats, bicep-baring T-shirts — and cinema.

Monday 21 August 2017

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

In this Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, flood-affected villagers wait for relief material on what’s left of a road washed away by floodwaters in Morigaon district, east of Gauhati, northeastern state of Assam. Deadly landslides and flooding are common across South Asia during the summer monsoon season that stretches from June to September.
In this Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, flood-affected villagers wait for relief material on what’s left of a road washed away by floodwaters in Morigaon district, east of Gauhati, northeastern state of Assam. Deadly landslides and flooding are common across South Asia during the summer monsoon season that stretches from June to September.