Maoist cult leader Aravindan Balakrishnan jailed for 23 years

A Maoist cult leader who raped two of his followers and kept his daughter a “slave” for 30 years has been jailed for 23 years.

Aravindan Balakrishnan (pictured), 75, known as Comrade Bala, brainwashed his cult into thinking he had God-like powers and could read their minds, and subjected them to decades of abuse.