Asaram Bapu arrested, quizzed by Jodhpur Police
Jodhpur: Asaram Bapu was on Sunday quizzed by police in Jodhpur after being flown from Indore where he was arrested after midnight amid high drama for allegedly assaulting a 16-year-old girl at his ashram.
Unprecedented security arrangements were made at the airport, where Asaram faced black flag protests, on the streets, outside and inside Asaram ashrams, and the Mahila Thana (women’s police station) where the case has been lodged.
Meanwhile, the father of the girl called off his fast-unto-death in Shahajahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh soon after the arrest of the godman in Indore. Circle Officer, City, Rajeswar Singh offered the girl’s father juice to end his fast that he began on Saturday morning demanding immediate arrest of Asaram.
Meanwhile, demonstrations against Asaram were held at different places, with protesters burning his effigy. On his arrival at airport, scores of slogan shouting people showed black flags and displayed anti-Asaram posters in Ratanada area. “It’s end of the road for you,” they chanted.
The sexual assault case was filed by an inmate of his Chhindwara-based ashram in Madhya Pradesh. The assault allegedly took place in Jodhpur following which a case was initially registered in Delhi and later transferred to Jodhpur for probe.
