Aravindan Balakrishnan

Indian Maoist leader jailed for 23 years in UK for raping followers

Aravindan Balakrishnan, an Indian-origin Maoist leader, was sentenced to 23 years in jail by a UK court for a string of sexual assaults, rape of his own daughter for three decades.

Jan 30, 2016, 11:28 AM IST

Indian-origin rapist jailed for 23 years in UK

The sentencing ends an over two-year police investigation into a case which Scotland Yard detectives described as "completely unique". 

Jan 29, 2016, 22:30 PM IST

UK Maoist cult leader raped followers, kept daughter a prisoner for 30 years

Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, known as Comrade Bala, used sexual degradation and physical and mental violence to keep the women under his control.

Dec 04, 2015, 22:15 PM IST

Indian-origin Maoist sect leader denies rape

A 75-year-old Indian-origin Maoist leader in the UK charged with modern day slavery, sexual assault and imprisonment of his own daughter on Thursday denied the charges and said his women followers competed among themselves to make sexual advances on him.

Nov 26, 2015, 22:21 PM IST

'Indian-origin Maoist sect leader forced woman into sex acts'

A 75-year-old Indian-origin Maoist revolutionary leader in the UK forced a woman to commit humiliating sex acts on him, a court has been told.

Nov 17, 2015, 18:35 PM IST

British-Indian cult leader under trial for rape, abuse

Known as "Comrade Bala" in London, the leader has denied the charges of four counts of rape and seven of indecent assault.

Nov 17, 2015, 14:43 PM IST