Trivedi to head commission probing Asaram ashram deaths
July 23rd, 2008 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, July 23 (IANS) The Gujarat government has assigned Justice D.K. Trivedi, a retired judge of the Gujarat High Court, the task of probing the deaths of two boys whose bodies were found near religious leader Asaram Bapu’s ashram here, official sources said. The one man inquiry commission will submit its report within three months. It has two terms of reference: to take a detailed look into circumstances leading to the death of the two boys who were students at the ashram, and any negligence on part of the ashram authorities; and to monitor the police investigation closely, including the power to identify lacunae and suggest amendments in police functioning.
Deepesh Vaghela, 10, and his cousin Abhishek Vaghela, 11, were students of the Gurukul School run by Aasaram Bapu’s ashram. The children went missing July 4. Their bodies were found from the nearby Sabarmati riverbed July 6. Allegations of a shoddy police probe have led to widespread protests in the city. This forced the government to set up the Trivedi commission.
Although the setting up of the commission was announced Sunday, Trivedi’s name was made public Tuesday night.
“Whether the deaths were caused due to negligence on the part of the ashram or the active collusion of somebody, everything will come under the commission’s purview,” an official said.
Director General of Police (DGP) P.C. Pande Tuesday ordered the transfer of the case to the Central Investigation Department (CID).
A statement issued by the DGP’s office said the CID will take over investigations without delay. Additional DGP (crime and railways) will follow the case and will be assisted by an officer from the forensic science laboratory here as well as a medical officer.
Posted in Uncategorized, |
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I am sure truth will come out sooon!
I am very disappointed with media for giving a political color to a an accident and wrongly accusing great asset of our nation Sant Shri Asaram Ji Bapu.
And everybody knows his devotees can not cause voilence or attack on any person.. not just on media. Some people who have no sympathy for boys have misused this and have even hired people to pretend as Ashram followers and create all kinds of problem
I am requesting you to completely understand the situation and support the truth, there are thousands of students studying in Gurukul for a decade and this one incident in a decade is being used by evil factors to defame the great personality and you guys are supporting them.. that is very frustrating.
Has media ever tried to highlight how Bapuji’s Gurukul has served the children from some of the poorest families in tribal areas .. who even do not have sufficient to eat.. world would not have cared if those poor children would have died of hunger.. so Media has not been highlighting the best efforts but are misusing an incident to mislead the people.