The accused, Wayne Smith

A 42-year-old devotee of spiritual master Meher Baba was allegedly sexually abused, cheated and repeatedly raped under false promises of marriage by a UK-based spiritual teacher. When the survivor, who hails from Mumbai, approached the police to register a case against him, they allegedly failed to do so. She then approached the Judicial Magistrate's Court, First Class, which directed them to register the offence and investigate.