"Inside a two-storey house in Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, a family has almost withdrawn from the world. Friends and relatives have stopped visiting, and they rarely ever leave home. The exception is the youngest member, a 14-year-old now in Class X, who has to attend school. However, he no longer cycles to school; he has been instructed to take the bus. They have to take every precaution, says the 52-year-old father. Two years ago, his daughter, then 16, was the first to file a rape charge against ‘godman’ Asaram Basu.
