Punjab-born Rajinder Kalia, 68, is the defendant in an ongoing trial accused of using his sermons and teachings, as well as the purported performance of “miracles”, to unduly influence followers’ actions. The claimants in the case, all of Indian origin, had won a previous legal fight two years ago after a judge allowed the case to proceed to trial.
Sometimes I feel he was in the wrong city, though the city was very good to him. He should have been in New York or a bigger city where people understood him better, says Anupam Kher