Asaram case verdict: Security beefed up in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana

The Centre on Tuesday asked Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana to tighten security and deploy additional forces ahead of the verdict by a Jodhpur court in a rape case against self-styled godman Asaram, an official said. Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana have large number of followers of Asaram. The Gujarat police has stepped up security outside two ashrams of self-styled godman Asaram in the state, as a court in Rajasthan convicted him in a rape case on Wednesday. Asaram was convicted by a court in Jodhpur for raping a teenager at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013.