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A court in Nepal handed a ten-year prison sentence on Monday to Ram Bahadur Bomjan, a controversial spiritual guru known as the “Buddha Boy,” for raping a minor. According to Sadan Adhikari, registrar of the Sarlahi District Court, a single bench of Judge Jeevan Kumar Bhandari delivered the sentence, in line with the guilty verdict issued on June 24. The court also ordered Bomjan to pay 500,000 Nepalese rupees (around $3,700) in compensation to the victim. It is expected take a few weeks for the court to issue the full text of the verdict. Bomjan has been in custody in Kathmandu since his arre…

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