Two sisters and sadhvis at the Maharshi Mehi Ashram of Bhagalpur were gangraped by the swamiji of the ashram and his associates, according to the police story on Monday.

The sister sadhvis were gangraped by Swami Aryanand and his associates in a field in side the ashram's premises on the night of Sunday.

Accused in the crime are  Aryanand, Ghanshyam Mandal, Vivekanand Sinha, Pankaj Kumar, Prem Yadav, Ratna Paswan and three other unidentified persons.

Under several sections of IPC cases were registered against the acccused but only one person was arrested.

The sisters originally hailed from Katihar district and had taken refuge at the ashram from quite some time.

(AW- Anil)