"Pressured" To Fudge Girl's Age To Help Asaram, Alleges School Principal | Read

The atmosphere of terror and threats surrounding the rape case against Asaram -- the 77-year-old self-styled spiritual guru who was convicted today -- extended to a school in Uttar Pradesh the survivor attended. The girl was 16 years old when the attack took place, but there were attempts to prove that she was at least 18 years old, since the quantum of punishment is much higher for rape of minors. The principal of the girl's school has told NDTV he was under a lot of pressure to falsify the girl's date of birth in the school records.