The Bombay High Court has upheld the life imprisonment sentence of Mehandi Kasim Jenul Abidin Shaikh, known as ‘Bengali Baba’. Convicted by the sessions court in 2016, Shaikh was found guilty of the sexual exploitation of seven girls, including six minors, under the guise of spiritual healing, alongside defrauding their mothers of over ₹1.37 crore. […]
