File photo of Asaram Bapu
A 33-year-old married woman, who had filed a case of sexual assault against godman Asaram Bapu, is mysteriously missing for over a week along with her son and husband, police said today.
"A victim of rape, who had accused Asaram of sexual assault, went missing along with her son and husband more than a week ago," Sub-Inspector N M Ahir of Kamrej Police Station in Surat city told PTI over phone.
"Police department had provided four Constables to the victim for her protection. On December 14, the victim informed our personnel that her family members were going to attend a marriage in Amroli area in the city where they did not require police protection," he said.
The constables remained posted outside her home but neither the woman nor her son or husband returned.
This led police to file a missing complaint on December 18, Mr Ahir said.
Police later found that there was no marriage in the victim's social circuit in Amroli on that day.
Their cellphones are switched-off, making it difficult to trace them, the Sub-Inspector said.