Aravindan Balakrishnan, an Indian-origin Maoist cult leader was facing the prospect of dying in jail in the UK after he was found guilty of rape, child cruelty and falsely imprisoning his daughter for 30 years by a British court. Balakrishnan, who led a secretive Maoist commune in london from 1975 to 2013 after emigrating from Singapore, has been accused of raping female followers and imprisoning his own daughter for 30 years after brainwashing them into believing he was an all-powerful leader.