Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is serving a life sentence in Jodhpur Central Jail for raping a minor, has been brought to a medical facility at Khopoli in Maharashtra`s Raigad district for treatment of a heart-related ailment, officials said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI.

Asaram, 83, who was arrested in September 2013, was brought to the multidisciplinary cardiac care clinic of an Ayurvedic hospital in Khopoli, located 70 km from Mumbai, around 8 pm on Tuesday with full police protection, a senior police official said, reported PTI.