Maoist cult leader

An Indian-origin man who ran a secretive extremist Maoist cult in London and was sentenced to 23 years in jail by a UK court for a string of sexual assaults ...

They all described feelings of fear and being totally controlled him." Sentencing Balakrishnan in January 2016, the judge said: "You decided to treat her as a project, not a person. The 81-year-old found guilty of "brutal" violence died in custody at HMP Dartmoor prison in south-west England on Friday, the UK Prison Service said.

Balakrishnan, known as Comrade Bala, carried out a "brutal" campaign of violence and "sexual degradation" against women over decades, a court heard.

Aravindan Balakrishnan, known as Comrade Bala, carried out a "brutal" campaign of violence and "sexual degradation" against women over decades, a court heard. Balakrishnan, known as Comrade Bala, carried out a "brutal" campaign of violence and "sexual degradation" against women over decades, a court heard. A Maoist cult leader who raped followers and held his daughter captive for three decades has died in prison.

He enslaved and assaulted women, including his daughter, and was said to idolise Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot, Mao and Stalin.

Comrade Bala’s political activities were claimed to have been motivated by atrocities committed by the British empire in Singapore, where he was brought up. Since her escape, she since moved to Leeds and started an education. "So I used to think that the best way would be to die." Ms Morgan-Davies said her ordeal had been "horrible, so dehumanising and degrading” after she waived her right to anonymity. These were the sort of people he wanted to emulate." Balakrishnan, or Comrade Bala as he was known to his followers and prisoners, was convicted in 2016 of child cruelty, false imprisonment, and assault - among other offences including rape.

Aravindan Balakrishnan, who referred to himself as Comrade Bala, was jailed for 23 years in 2016 after he was found guilty of committing a string of sexual ...

While imprisoned in her father’s home, she was beaten, and banned from singing nursery rhymes, going to school or making friends. He was also said to have terrified his followers into believing he could read their minds and that a supernatural force called Jackie would cause natural disasters if they disobeyed his orders, BBC reported. Balakrishnan sexually abused a number of women by convincing them he had god-like powers, according to a Sky News report.

Aravindan Balakrishnan preyed upon his female followers and persuaded them he had god-like powers.

These were the sort of people he wanted to emulate." She said: "I used to think, 'God, if the whole world is going to be like this, what way out is there? The main belief of the group was that only he and Chinese dictator Mao Zedong had the authority to "establish an international dictatorship of the proletariat". I cannot live in this. In the UK, he soon became involved on the political scene and quickly described himself as a "revolutionary socialist". The cult leader referred to himself as Comrade Bala and was jailed in 2016 for 23 years after his cult, which he had been running since the 1970s, was exposed.

Maoist cult leader Aravindan Balakrishnan who imprisoned and abused women in his home for 30 years from his home in South London has died in prison aged 81.

Becoming heavily politically involved in Britain he described his politics as "revolutionary socialism", speaking publicly and recruiting followers before setting up the Workers' Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought, his cult, in 1970. She has branded her father a “narcissist and a psychopath” adding: "The people he looked up to were people like Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein - you couldn't criticise them either in the house. She said: "I used to think, 'God, if the whole world is going to be like this, what way out is there? He fathered a daughter with one of his followers before keeping her prisoner in their London home. He brainwashed his followers into thinking he had god-like powers, and invented a supernatural force known as "Jackie" who, he said, could trigger natural disasters if his will was flouted. Maoist cult leader Aravindan Balakrishnan who imprisoned and abused women in his home for 30 years from his home in South London has died in prison aged 81.