India, April 1 -- As he awaits a decision on his request to extend his interim bail by three more months, self-styled godman Asaram on Tuesday surrendered at the Jodhpur Central Jail following the expiry of the interim bail granted to him in January that ended on March 31.

Asaram, who was first arrested in 2013, is serving two life sentences awarded to him for rape by courts in Rajasthan in 2018 and Gujarat in 2023.

The Supreme Court agreed to release him on interim bail on medical grounds in January this year in the Gujarat case, noting that Asaram was "on his death bed". The Rajasthan high court later also granted interim bail till March 28 in view of the Supreme Court decision to maintain parity.

On March 28, a division bench of the...