Asharam Bapu forced to run as public anger spills over
July 18th, 2008 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, July 18 (IANS) A city observed a shutdown against the alleged shoddy probe into the deaths of two children at his ashram, protesters pelted stones and an anguished father burnt everything he touched during his three-minute visit — religious guru Asharam Bapu was Friday forced to face the wrath of the people. The unanswered questions over the deaths of Dipesh Praful Vaghela, 10, and his cousin Abhishek Shantilal Vaghela, 11, whose bodies were found in the riverbed near the Asharam Bapu Ashram on the outskirts of the city July 6 after they had been missing for two days have come to haunt the renowned guru.
On Friday, Asharam Bapu went to the house of Diptesh’s father Praful Vaghela but was barely there for three minutes before he was booed away. He had to literally flee from the place when people tried to surround his car.
Vaghela, who has been observing ‘maun vrat’, or vow of silence, for the last four days to protest the deaths of his son and nephew, ordered that all the things Asharam Bapu had touched be burnt. Even the wooden mat he sat on was set ablaze.
The anger spilled over to other parts of the city, where civil society groups as well as the Gujarat Congress and the Ahmedabad Bar Association have called for a shutdown. Areas near the ashram like Ranip, Sabarmati and Nirnayanagar observed the shutdown.
Public buses and other vehicles were stopped about two kilometres away from the ashram, observing the occasion of Guru Purnima, a day dedicated to teachers. Pilgrims were hooted at as they walked towards the ashram.
Many buses were deflated and stone-throwing was reported despite police presence.
Vaghela has alleged that the two boys were killed and thrown into the river after some esoteric ritual at the ashram. Police are yet to search a cellar in the ashram which is studiously guarded by white robed men.
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July 19th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
ASHARAM LEAVE GUJARAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. “ASHARAM QUIT GUJARAT”
July 19th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
why doesn’t the media get to the truth. look at these incontrovertible facts:
post mortem and FSL reports confirm that deaths were by drowning.
no vidence of strangulation poisoning.
decomposition due to remaining in water.
missing limbs because of eating by animals.
no circumstance leading to suspicion of muder.
the media is not interested in getting to the truth but it gleefully accepts whatever baseless allegations are made against a holy saint. they are ready to condemn hinduism and hindu saints with or without reason. it neither matters to the saint nor to his devotees. you are harming only yourself. god bless you.
July 20th, 2008 at 7:33 am
What about the violence perpetrated by Congress goons in the name of bandh?
The hundreds of vehicles torched by their goons?
Where has factual reporting gone?
Or does the Fourth Estate now beleieve that it is above the law of the land ?
All this will eventually harm the media in the end.
August 10th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
hi, asharam bapu is a narcotics smuggler. it has been confirmed. he smuggles narcotics overseas. this is a fact.
August 10th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
i have confirmation from the intelligence sources that asharam is a drug smuggler. he is doing this since years. the huge profits in smuggling drugs under the disguise of a holy man . this is the naked truth.
August 10th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
dear readers, asharam is known as sindhi chacha in ratlam madhya pradesh and he cannot be checked or caught. he is a drug smuggler. chandrakant gohil (retd.officer )
August 11th, 2008 at 1:22 am
ramchandra kah gaye siya se aisa kaliyug aayega. siya ne poochha ‘bhagwan kaliyug mein kya dharma karma ko koi nahin maanega’ to prabhu bole
‘dharm bhi hoga karma bhi hoga kintu sharm nahin hogi.’
dear rajesh vipul chandrakant! now i realise how true that song is. people are not ashamed making false allegations. it is a clear game of congress and anti-hindu forces who have ganged up against a pious saint. if without any involvement in death of boys, bandh was called, devotes were beaten up, vehicles were burnt, what would not happen if bapuji is involved in some crime. it is false, utterly false and nothing but falsehood. why don’t you give the evidence to the concerned authorities? if you have no evidence, just keep shut.