Pastor booked for sexual assault in Kapurthala

The Kapurthala police have booked 43-year-old pastor Bajinder Singh for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman.

According to the police, the woman claimed that she was a disciple of the pastor and that he had touched her inappropriately.

She alleged that the accused even sent her inappropriate text messages on the phone several times. The woman alleged that the pastor also threatened to eliminate her and her family members if she complained about it to anyone.

Controversial past

The pastor had been embroiled in several controversies in the past. In 2018, he was arrested by the police for allegedly raping a Zirakpur-based woman.

He was arrested from the Delhi airport while he was set to fly to London. However, the charges against him couldn’t be proved in the court and he was acquitted in the case.

In September 2022, a Delhi family had alleged that Bajinder took money from them for treating their daughter, who was suffering from cancer, through prayers but she could not be saved. The Income Tax Department too had conducted raids on his premises in April 2023. A native of Haryana, pastor Bajinder had converted to Christianity about 15 years ago while he was lodged in a jail in a murder case.

A self-styled preacher, he claiming to cure fatal diseases, paralysis and other ailments through prayers at his centre in Tajpur village of Jalandhar.

Over a period of time, his popularity increased so much that he now has over 3 million followers on YouTube and several centres overseas. including in Dubai, Mauritius and New Zealand.