Another witness in a rape case against self-proclaimed godman Asaram Bapu has been reported missing from the Thakurganj area of the state capital.

In the past, too, several witnesses have either been attacked or killed. Nine witnesses have been attacked so far and three of them have died.

The witness Rahul Sachan has been missing since November 26, station officer Samar Bahadur Yadav said, adding that a report in this regard had been lodged on the basis of a complaint by his security guard, constable Vijay Bahadur.

Asaram has been in jail in Jodhpur since September 2013. Two months later, along with his son Narayan Sai, the self- styled godman was booked for the alleged rape of two sisters at their ashram in Surat.

Talking about the missing witness, Yadav said that Sachan never shared his address and rarely took his security guard with him.

The guard went to Sachan's residence four days ago but was told by the former's landlord that he had not come to his lodgings for many days. He said Sachan had been missing since November 26.

Asaram is facing trial in three criminal cases.

A sessions court in Jodhpur is trying a case against Asaram on the charge of raping a 16-year-old girl, of Shahjahanpur (UP) in his Jodhpur ashram in August 2013.

Another case is being tried by a Gandhinagar court which relates to allegations of rape between 2001 and 2006 levelled by a Surat-based woman.

In yet another case, Asaram and his son Narayan Sai have been accused by two sisters, also from Surat, of rape on October 6, 2013.