Modi’s close associate sentenced to 40 years for extremely aggressive rapes in Australia

Balesh Dhankhar, one of the founders of the Australia wing of the organization ‘Overseas Friends of BJP’ and a close associate of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been sentenced to 40 years after found guilty on 39 charges for committing extremely aggressive rapes.

Dhankhar faced 13 charges of rape, six charges of administering an intoxicant with the intention to rape, 17 charges of recording obscene videos without consent, and three charges of molestation.

Balesh Dhankhar, associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Australia wing, was charged with raping five Korean women. In 2023, he was found guilty of the 39 charges he faced, which occurred between January and October of 2018.