Daughter runs the show as Asaram cools heels in jail

AHMEDABAD: A trust headed by rape convict Asaram’s daughter manages his properties across India that includes 400 ashrams and 40 resident schools. His daughter Bhartishree has been running the trust since Asaram was arrested on September 1, 2013, in the Jodhpur rape case and the subsequent arrest of his son Narayan Sai.

The Sant Shri Aasaramji Trust is registered as a charitable body with headquarters in Ahmedabad, where the self-styled godman established his first religious retreat.

People who work with the trust said Bhartishree travels extensively and participates in daily activities of the ashrams spread over 30 states and Union Territories.

Born in 1975, Bhartishree and her mother Laxmi Devi were arrested and released on bail in 2013 by the Gujarat police in connection with the rape cases against Asaram and Narayan Sai.

Shot at: Mahendra Chawla, a former aide to Asaram. Had detailed financial irregularities Acid attack: Dinesh Bhavchandni, assisted the Surat rape complainants.

Shot at: Raju Chandhak, deposed in connection with the murder of two boys

Attacked with knives: Husband of woman who accused Sai of rape

Stabbed: Rakesh Patel, Asaram’s videographer

judge Manoj Kumar Vyas, hearing the case, threatened with dire consequences if he did not grant bail

Sudha Pathak: A key witness, Pathak turned hostile after claiming that she was receiving threats

Father of Jodhpur victim: Father received threats from unidentified people to withdraw the case