Top 10 controversial people in 2013

Nerw Delhi: The year 2013 saw huge controversies from a young starlet's mysterious death to MMS scandals or sexual harassment at work places. Spiritual gurus, editors, retired judges, actors were found involved in cases of sexual abuse and were the newsmakers of 2013. Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai were in the headlines since august. Their involvement in sexual assault and rape cases drew the attention of the entire nation. Whereas the latest in the list former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine Tarun Tejpal shocked as has been accused of sexually assaulting a young journalist twice in a hotelduring the Think Fest in Goa. The year 2013 saw arrest of RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was recently sentenced to five years in prison and fined Rs.25 lakh for his involvement in the fodder scam which broke out in 1996 in the town of Chaibasa, Jharkhand (formerly Bihar). Let us check out the top Top 10 controversial people in 2013 1. Asaram Bapu Asaram Bapu is a controversial godman in India. He has been involved in several controversies including criminal cases filed against him involving land encroachment by his ashrams, charge of sexual assault of a minor and his remarks on the 2012 Delhi gang rape. He is the perfect example of crimes against women in the garb of religion. This year on the night of 15 august this self styled godman was booked by Jodhpur police for raping a minor girl student of his Chhindwara gurukul ashram.The minor girl hailing from a UP town alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the 72 year old baba at his cottage in Jodhpur. This shameless godman dismissed the girl's allegations and avoided arrest. He remained inside his other ashram in Indore. Eventually, the Jodhpur police arrested him on September 1, 2013 from his ashram. He even said accusations were a conspiracy orchestrated by Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi of the ruling Congress Party.He is currently in Jodhpur jail and his bail pleas have so far been rejected.Several of his associates who entrapped the girl have also been jailed. 2. Tarun Tejpal The latest in the list is Tarun J Tejpal who is an Indian journalist, publisher, novelist, philanthropist and former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine. He stepped down as editor for six months after a woman colleague accused him of sexual assault in November 2013.He has been accused of sexually assaulting a young journalist twice in a hotelduring the Think Fest in Goa.This news received intense public attention and media scrutiny especially because Tejpal is Known for his sting operations and he had exposed bribes taken by army officers and politicians during NDA rule in 2001.He and his magazine had previously been involved in highlighting the issue of sexual violence in India,including in a special issue on the topic in February of the year. The man who was once known for exposing the harsh reality of society, painted a black mark on his own image through his wrongdoings.Goa police have filed a First Information Report (FIR) which lists charges, including rape, against him.A non-bailable warrant has been issued against him by the Goa Police.3. Narayan SaiNarayan Sai is an Indian spiritual leader, singer, lyricist and poet and the son of Asaram Bapu. Like his father, Narayan Sai was charged of sexual assault by two married sisters from Surat this year. The two sisters told Surat Police they were repeatedly raped by Narayan Sai in his ashrams, after which they fled. Initially Narayan Sai denied charges but soon went underground to evade police. A local court of Surat declared Sai an absconder on Novemebr 11, 2013. It was reported that he had shaved his head to conceal his identity. He had been declared absconding for the past 58 days.Eventually in 4 dec, 2013 apprehended and arrested in a combined operation of Delhi, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana police along the Delhi-Haryana border, and brought to Surat for custody. According to the police on 10 decemeber 2013, Narayan Sai had allegedly admitted to raping a woman in his father's ashram in Surat and also confessed to having physical relations with 8 other women followers in different parts of the country.4. Asok Kumar GangulyJustice Asok Kumar Ganguly is the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission and an Honorary Professor at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. This retired Judge of Supreme Court who delivered judgement in some high-profile cases like the 2G spectrum scam has been under the scanner due to a charged of alleged sexual harassment levelled by a young law intern in a hotel room.The victim had written in her blog that she was sexually molested by the judge in a hotel room and also three other girls were assaulted. On november 29, 2013 a three-member panel that probed the charge of sexual harassment of a young lawyer by a Supreme Court judge has given its report,identifying the judge as AK Ganguly.However, Ganguly has denied the allegations.5. Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was recently sentenced to five years in prison and fined Rs.25 lakh for his involvement in the fodder scam which broke out in 1996 in the town of Chaibasa, Jharkhand (formerly Bihar). This scam was also known as the mother of all scams. After the scam erupted, the CBI began probing the entire scam under the leadership of U. N. Biswas (now a Trinamool Congress minister in West Bengal). Bihar's then chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav had to resign and go to jail. Another former chief minister Jagannath Mishra was also convicted.6. S. Sreesanth S. Sreenath is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman and first Kerala Ranji player. He played for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.He has been in the controversies since september this year when he was banned for life from playing Cricket by the BCCI, for his involvement in spot-fixing in the 2013 IPL season.With his spot-fixing controversy coming into light during the 2013 IPL competition, Rajasthan Royals terminated his contract.7. Om Prakash ChautalaOm Prakash Chautala is leader of the Indian National Lok Dal political party. He is a former Chief Minister of Haryana. Presently, he is the Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.The New Delhi court had sentenced him and his elder son Ajay Singh Chautala for ten years imprisonment for their involvement in JBT recruitment case.8. Suraj Pancholi Suraj Pancholi, an aspiring actor and son of Aditya Pancholi was in the controversy surrounding actress Jiah Khan's suicide. He was who was allegedly in a live-in relationship with Jia Khan. Suraj was was taken into custody in association with Jia's suicide on 10 June 2013. Jiah's mother, Rabbya Khan had produced a suicide note, which was reportedly written by Jiah in which Suraj was blamed for the failing relationship.The Bombay High Court granted him bail on 2 July 2013.9. Babu Lal Nagar Former Rajasthan minister Babulal Nagar was arrested by the CBI this year on charges of raping a married woman after allegedly calling her on the pretext of giving her a government job last month.Nagar, who represents the Dudu assembly constituency in Jaipur district and is considered close to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, was summoned for interrogation to the CBI's camp office at Circuit House in Jaipur.10. Mona Singh Mona Singh is an Indian model and TV actress who played the lead role in the popular television serial, Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi. She was the winner of the show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa on Sony Entertainment Television in 2006.She became a victim of a scandal when a MMS clip showed her completely nude and looking into the camera and moving from room to room.This scandal not only it caused great humiliation to the actress but apparently broke her relationship with actor Vidyut Jamwal.