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| Gurmeet Ram Rahim |
Indian police said they are investigating a popular self-styled godman for allegedly encouraging 400 followers to undergo castrations at his ashram so they could get closer to god.
The country's top crime fighting agency has registered a case against Gurmeet Ram Rahim, known as the "guru in bling" for his penchant for garish clothes and jewellery, over the operations in the country's north.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said in a statement late Wednesday Rahim is being investigated for criminal intimidation and causing grievous bodily hurt, saying 400 castrations were allegedly carried out.
The guru, who heads the Dera Sacha Sauda organisation based in Haryana state, is already facing trial for conspiracy over the murder of a journalist in 2002 along with claims of sexually exploiting female followers.
The latest case was filed after one of his devotees, Hans Raj Chauhan, lodged a complaint in court alleging he was manipulated into having the "painful" operation at the ashram.
"They were told that only those who get castrated will be able to meet god," Chauhan's lawyer, Navkiran Singh, told AFP on Thursday.
I usually consider myself to be a person of great compassion, but I have to admit that I am having a hard time feeling sorry for these men.
He quite literally convinced these guys to take themselves out of competition so that he could bang all of the females. And they went for it hook, line, and now decapitated sinker.
If you put faith before logic, you open yourself up to manipulation by others. Simple as that.
Another Darwin award candidate. Gosh tight competition.
ReplyDeleteThis is a front runner though as they can not procreate to keep their stupidity line going. Survival of the fittest and all that.
The first time I read this article, I read the first sentence as "INDIANA police..." I'm glad it wasn't Indiana.
ReplyDeleteI also liked this part of the linked Business Insider article: "Rahim also stars in an action movie to be released later this month called "MSG: Messenger of God" in which the guru fights criminals, sings songs and is shown dousing himself in water in slow motion after a rugby game."
400 men.
400 men.
Well, at least these idiots can't procreate (anymore?). Sorry, no sympathy here.
DeleteWrong on so many levels I wouldn't know where to begin. But there is no cure for the stupid or those who give over control of their lives to someone else in order to achieve some fictional paradise.
ReplyDeleteWell, apparently for these 400 men this guy has found a cure for stupid, or at least a way to take the stupid out of the gene pool.
DeletePerhaps the Darwin Awards should have a special category for this: removal from gene pool short of death.
Of course, these guys may eventually wish they were dead.
Makes that tattoo/hangover combo sound downright reasonable.
ReplyDeleteAhhhh, faith ….. “a belief that is not based on proof, confidence or trust in a being, object, living organism, deity, view”…. In other words a cosmic “kick me” sign that says I am available for being duped.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought... put this guy in camo and he would look just like the Duck Dynasty dudes.
ReplyDeleteRAinNC
You are soooooo right. And they're all fleecing their flocks.
DeleteMaybe he could come here for a sit-down with our tea party members?
ReplyDeleteThis cult-leader story does not surprise me one bit.
ReplyDeleteLook at how many gullible saps have allowed themselves to be duped by the Ol' TWOBULLed one's faux-pregnancy-belly pregnancy, by her callous teaching Trigg that it is okay to stand on dogs, and last but not least by her constant pan-handling, begging, mooching for Other People's Money so that she does not have to get a job.
People will fall for anything. Right Ol' Queen of the Grifters?
We know Sarah reads here... so Sarah?
DeleteInstead of throwing cans at the fridge, get Toad a ticket to India!
I love The Love Guru!
ReplyDeleteSweet beard and get up.
ReplyDeleteThe good news is that castrated men live 20 years longer :-)
ReplyDeletehttp://io9.com/men-can-live-20-years-longer-but-theres-a-high-cost-1678274234
Guess these 400 won't be going "balls to the wall" that's for sure!
ReplyDeleteWe should send this to John Boehner and Mitch McConnell.
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