Asaram Case : Police submitted matriculation certificate of the girl

Jodhpur : In the case of self-styled godman Asaram who is the accused of sexually assaulting a girl inside his ashram here, on Monday Police submitted as evidence the matriculation certificate of the girl for establish that the victim was a minor that time.

Police official and prosecution witness Nitin Dave submitted the certificate in the court of District and Session Judge Manoj Kumar Vyas, which has taken the evidence on record, the girl's counsel P C Solanki said.

"This is an important document for us to prove that the girl was a minor at the time of the crime and justify the invocation of POCSO on Asaram in the case," Solanki said.

He also said the attacks on the witnesses in the cases related to Asaram and his son Narayan Sai would dampen the prospects for them.

Asaram is lodged in Jodhpur jail since his arrest in September 2013 in connection with the case lodged by the girl, who the defence claims is not a minor.

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