Ninth witness attacked in Asaram Bapu rape case
This is the ninth attack against witnesses in the case so far,reports said.
35-year-old Kripal Singh was on his way home on a motorcycle when two bike-borne men allegedly came and the pillion rider opened fire at him. Singh received bullet injuries in the back.
The attackers also allegedly warned him against deposing against Asaram Bapu and fled from the scene.
Singh is a key witness in the case in which a 16-year-old schoolgirl accused the 74-year-old guru of sexually assaulting her at his ashram near Jodhpur in Rajasthan in 2013.
The self-styled godman has been in a jail in Jodhpur since September 2013 over allegations of raping the teenage girl.
He, along with his son Narayan Sai, were also booked for the alleged rape of two sisters at their ashram in Gujarat's Surat.
During their stay in jail nine witnesses have been attacked and two have died.
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