Surat police had recently registered two complaints - one against Asaram and another against Sai- of rape, sexual assault, illegal confinement and other charges as alleged by two Surat-based sisters.
The elder of the two sisters, in her complaint, had accused Asaram of repeated sexual assault between 1997 and 2006 during the time she had been living in his ashram on the outskirts of Ahmedabad city.
The younger of the two sisters had filed a complaint against Sai, accusing him of repeated sexual assault between 2002 and 2005 when she was living in their Surat ashram.
