A Maoist cult leader who imprisoned women for 30 years in his home has died in prison aged 81.
The Mirror reports that Aravindan Balakrishnan preyed upon his female followers and persuaded them he had god-like powers.
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.
