Vaasthu consultant gets 10 years jail for rape

Hyderabad: The Nampally additional metropolitan session judge, on 5 August, sentenced a Vaasthu consultant to 10 years imprisonment for rape.

The 47-year-old Vaasthu Raju from Bowenpally, along with another alleged accused S. Yashwanth Goud, had raped a 29-year-old woman from Bowenpally in 2012. The session judge B. Srinivas Rao found Raju guilty under Section 376 of the IPC and convicted the accused under 235(2) of CrPC on Wednesday. Raju was also fined Rs. 1 lakh.