Shiva, an aide of Asaram, was sent to nine days judicial custody by a court in a case of abetting an alleged sexual assault by the spiritual guru on a minor at his ashram last month.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Chandrakala Jain sent Shiva to jail till September 16, according to a police officer. Shiva, who worked as the main caretaker for Asaram, 72, was arrested on September 2. “Shiva was interrogated for three days when he was in police custody,” he said.