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Jodhpur (Rajasthan) : H. H. Asaram Bapu, arrested on allegation of sexually assaulting a minor girl, will continue to remain in judicial custody as the Rajasthan high court on Wednesday decided to hear his bail plea Oct 1, police said.
H. H. Asaram Bapu, 72, filed a bail application before the Jodhpur bench of the high court on September 13.
The bail application first came up for hearing on Monday and since the arguments remained inconclusive, the high court put off the proceedings on Wednesday.
Senior counsel Ram Jethmalani appeared for H. H. Asaram Bapu in the court on Wednesday.
“We presented our argument opposing the bail today,” Anand Purohit, prosecution counsel, told IANS.
“The defence lawyers sought time for replying, for which Justice Nirmaljit Kaur has slated the next hearing for Oct 1,” he added.
H. H. Asaram Bapu is lodged in the Jodhpur Central Jail since September 2.
H. H. Asaram Bapu was presented before court of the district and sessions judge (Jodhpur rural) Sep 16. The court extended his judicial custody till September 30.
A 16-year-old girl on August 20 lodged a police complaint, accusing H. H. Asaram Bapu of sexually assaulting her at his ashram near Jodhpur.
H. H. Asaram Bapu was arrested from his ashram in Indore in Madhya Pradesh and brought to Jodhpur on September 1.
Source : TOI
Other Updates –
- H.H. Asaram Bapu interrogated for 4 hours, remanded to 1 day police custody (Sept 2, 2013)
- Protests reach Mumbai (Sept 1, 2013)
- Devotees of Asaram Bapu beat up representatives of media running a parallel judicial system ! (Sept 1, 2013)
- Sexual assault case: Police arrest Asaram Bapu (Sept 1, 2013)
- Saints and Hindu activists unite against defamation of H. H. Asaram Bapu (August 30, 2013)
Will the media accusing H.H. Asaram Bapu of rape answer following questions ?For the last 10 days, media has been publishing news against H.H. Asaram Bapu. While publishing one-sided news, media fail to follow even simple rules of journalism. While organising deliberations on this topic, Spokesperson of Sanatan Sanstha Shri. Abhay Vartak, who attends as the representative of H.H. Asaram Bapu is not allowed speak. Media is disseminating news in the fashion ‘call the dog mad and shoot it’. Will these media answer the questions given ahead ? 1. More than 150 people’s representatives in the parliament are facing criminal cases such as, murders, rapes, extortion, molestation, corruption etc. What efforts have been made by the media for the action to be taken against them ? 2. In the case of fake stamp paper scam, Abdul Karim Telgi named Sharad Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal during narco-analysis test. What efforts have been made by media for the action to be taken against both of them ? 3. Robert Vadhera was accused with proofs of indulging in land scam. However, he was not arrested by Congress rulers. Why the media maintained silence on this issue ? 4. On 11th August 2012, Muslim rioters burnt OB vans of media at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. Media representatives faced near-fatal assaults. What action has been taken by the media for the arrest of the culprits ? 5. Not a single leader or office bearer of Raza Academy, mastermind of the above riot was arrested. Does the media agree with it ? 6. A news item that Rajiv Gandhi maintains an account in Swiss bank was published. Why did the media not run a parallel judicial system in that case ? 7. In the year 2001, Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid had incited local Muslims by opposing the officers of Municipal Corporation, who were deputed to take action against the encroachment by Muslims in Lodhi Complex at Dehali. Even after the lapse of 12 years of the registration of an offence against him, he has not been arrested. Why the media are maintaining silence over this issue ? 8. Thefts have taken place in more than 250 temples, in Goa during past few years, and 35 temples have been badly ransacked. Why no publicity has been given to these incidents by the media ? 9. Muslims are attacking Hindus everyday in the States of Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Uttar Pradesh. Hindu women are being raped by fanatic jihadis. Why no publicity has been given to these incidents by the media ? 10. More than a Lakh of Hindu young women have been made victims by Jihadi fanatics through the medium of ‘Love Jihad’. Why no publicity has been given to these incidents by the media ? 11. Relatives of the Jihadi terrorists Mohammad Afzal, Isharat jahan, Yasin Bhatkal, and Jihadi terrorists in Batla House judge them as innocent. Why the media are maintaining silence over this issue ? How can these relatives support the Jihadis ? Does not this question arise in the mind of the media ? Source : Dainik Sanatan Prabhat |
Exclusive Video : ‘Police tortured me to give false information against H.H. Asaram Bapuji’ – aide Shiva
September 7, 2013
Zee News reported that ‘Rajasthan police have accessed a video clip from the caretaker of H.H. Asaram Bapuji, Shiva’s mobile featuring the controversial godman with a girl.’ (Ref : Zee News)
Police, however, denied reports that it is in possession of any CD or video clippings given by H.H. Asaram Bapuji’s aide Shiva. “We have not received any such CD or video clipping so far showing bapu or any of his activity. We have obtained some evidences out of interrogation of Shiva and are in the process of its verification,” DCP Ajay Pal Lamba said. (Source : DNA)
Exclusive video of P7News Channel reveals truth and exposes how media and Police are handling the case in biased manner !
P7 news channel is showing statement of Shiva. He is clearly saying police have forced him to sign on a blank paper and used 3rd degree but he had not given any statement against H.H. Asaram Bapuji. (Ref : Facebook Report)
Police tortured me for giving false information about H. H. Asaram Bapu ! – Shiva
Special interview by H. H. Asaram Bapu’s ‘sevekari (attendant)’ on P-7 news channel !
Mumbai : ‘H. H. Asaram Bapu never meets any woman in privacy. The incident as told by the girl (reg. Sexual exploitation) has never taken place. Police beat me, threatened me and warned me that I would have to tell whatever was asked by police. I do not have any kind of CD related to H. H. Asaram Bapu. The above information was given by Shiva, H. H. Asaram Bapu’s ‘sevekari’. A special interview of Shiva was shown on P-7 Hindi news channel. In this interview, he has refuted all charges levelled by Jodhpur police and claimed that no such incident had taken place. This interview has been taken in presence of police.
‘Sevekari’ Shri. Shiva said,
1. I am in H. H. Bapuji’s service for the past 8 years. I am entrusted with only ‘prasad (holy sacrament) seva’. I am not in any way connected with this matter. I reply to those people who contact me.
2. That girl has said that ‘Shiva sent me to H. H. Asaram Bapu and don’t go out anywhere.’ Whatever the girl has said is wrong. That day, I had left at 6.45 p.m. and boarded 8.00 o’clock train (or is it bus?). I have even tickets of that journey and presented them in the Court.
3. Police brought plain papers to me and asked me to sign on those papers.
4. After the incident, the girl was on the farm house whole night. If any wrong thing had happened with her, she would have cried and gone to her parents; but none of these things happened. In fact, later, the girl played with that farm-house owner’s children.
When the Government pleader, Anand Purohit was asked about the same by P-7 channel, he said that Shiva was telling lies and every criminal the same thing. When Purohit was made to listen to what Shiva had said, he said that he would not comment as it was a matter of investigations and Shiva was presently in police custody. Thus Purohit tried to wriggle out of the situation.
It is a conspiracy to implicate H. H. Asaram Bapu ! – Sunil Wankhede
Shri. Sunil Wankhede, the spokesperson of H. H. Asaram Bapu Sampradaya said, “Accusations made against Bapuji are wrong. Shiva has told it even in the Court that police had beaten him and forced him. No attack was made on media at Jodhpur, nor was any threat given to police. It is a conspiracy to implicate H. H. Bapuji.”
Source : Dainik Sanatan Prabhat
Jodhpur court rejects H.H. Asaram Bapuji’s bail plea
September 4, 2013
JODHPUR: The Jodhpur (rural) district and sessions judge rejected the bail plea filed by H.H. Asaram Bapu on Wednesday. Bapuji is currently in judicial custody for allegedly assaulting a minor girl sexually.
The court had earlier sent Him to judicial custody till September 15.
Earlier in the day, the prosecution opposed the bail plea saying investigations in the case will be affected if bail is granted.
The prosecution told the court that H.H. Asaram Bapu, during the investigation, had allegedly tried to influence police and, in view of the fact, he may further try to influence the investigation if the bail application is considered.
Additional advocate general Anand Purohit said two persons named in the FIR – Shilpi (warden of the hostel at Chhindwara Gurukul) and Sharad (caretaker in the gurukul) – were on the run and their interrogation was necessary to complete the investigation.
He also justified registration of the FIR in Delhi instead of Jodhpur, where the crime happened, saying the girl initially did not tell her parents about what had happened with her and when her parents came to know about the incident, they moved to Delhi to confront H.H. Asaram Bapu.
When H.H. Asaram Bapu refused to meet them, father of the girl lodged case in local police station in Delhi.
After the arguments, the court reserved its judgement. Decision of the court is expected to be announced later in the day.
The victim studied at H.H. Asaram Bapuji’s ashram at Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh where it is alleged that the girls’ hostel warden and an attendant scared her that she was being possessed by an evil spirit and asked her parents to take her to Bapuji for treatment.
Source : TOI
H.H. Asaram Bapu’s bail plea deferred till 11 am tomorrow
September 3, 2013
The Jodhpur court hearing the case over H.H. Asaram Bapu’s bail plea in the sexual harassment case has adjourned its proceeding and deferred the hearing till 11 am tomorrow. Bapu had asked for bail citing poor health. Among the reasons the prosecution will seek rejection of H.H. Asaram Bapu’s bail plea are that he could go underground and that Asaram, along with his large number of followers, could influence the family of the minor.
Source : Firstpost
H.H. Asaram Bapu in Jodhpur jail, supporters clash with police outside
September 3, 2013
Jodhpur: The police clashed with supporters of religious preacher H.H. Asaram Bapu at the prison in Jodhpur where he was taken today after a local court assigned him to judicial custody so that he can be interrogated about his alleged sexual assault on a school girl earlier this month.
The police used batons to break up a crowd of about 200 protesters.
He has told the police that instead, he met the girl and her family as part of the massive crowd that gathered on August 15 for his ‘satsang’ or religious discourse.
Source : NDTV
H.H. Asaram Bapu sent to 14-day judicial custody
September 3, 2013
In spite of having a rape charge in Uttar Pradesh against Rahul Gandhi neither a case is filed nor is he arrested But Hindu saints are immeditedly arrested and are imprisoned for 14 days for inquiry.
No case is filed against Robert Vadra despite of the having a charge of corruption. Contrarily action is taken against IPS officer who does the investigation of the said charge But Media is numb about this. (Media hardly speaks anything about this.)
O Hindus ! Let us remember, no political party stands firmly behind any saint.
Gandhi Family in spite of being charged under 2G spam, Bofors etc., neither case is filed against them nor they get arrested.
JODHPUR: H.H. Asaram Bapu has been remanded in 14-day judicial custody. He will be taken to the Jodhpur Central Jail.
H.H. Asaram Bapu has denied sexual assault charges lodged against him by the schoolgirl.
The case against Asaram Bapu, arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at his ashram, is “very strong” and the investigation is moving in the right direction, Jodhpur Police on Monday said.
H.H. Asaram Bapu had cleared a potency test conducted on him at the SN Medical college. He was also taken to his Manai Ashram, about 30 kms from Jodhpur, where the girl was allegedly sexually assaulted.
Police had conducted a physical verification and tried to create the scene of crime.
Source : TOI
H.H. Asaram Bapu interrogated for 4 hours, remanded to 1 day police custody
September 2, 2013
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) : Asaram Bapu, accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at his ashram, was today questioned by Jodhpur police for about four hours after being flown from Indore where he was arrested after midnight.
Asaram Bapu, 72, was later produced before district and sessions judge (rural) Manoj K Vyas who remanded him to one-day police custody. Asaram Bapu will be taken to his Manai ashram, 30km from Jodhpur, where the police will try to recreate the scene to verify the charge against him, Jodhpur Police commissioner Biju George Joseph told reporters here.
Source : TOI
Protests reach Mumbai
September 1, 2013
Rail-roko at Ulhasnagar station
- According to our reporter Rajendra Aklekar, supporters of Asaram are protesting in Mumbai by stopping the railways. They are staging a rail-roko at Ulhasnagar station.
- Asaram Bapu’s flight has landed in Jodhpur. Police sources also said that they will be taking him to an undisclosed location for questioning.
- Security has been tightened in Jodhpur ahead of the arrival of arrested God man Asaram Bapu for questioning in connection with a sexual assault case. Asram Bapu supporters from outside Jodhpur will also be barred from entering the city.
- The flight will leave for Jodhpur from Delhi will leave in sometime. Asaram should reach Jodhpur by noon.
- The father of the 16-year-old girl who has alleged sexual assault has said that he has been receiving death threats from supporters of Asaram Bapu but has vowed to pursue his fight for justice
- Supporters greet Asaram Bapu at the Delhi airport. They were shouting slogans inf avor of the self-styled god man.
- Asaram Bapu reached Delhi in the morning after being arrested from his Indore ashram in the wee hours of the night.
- His ashram was sealed yesterday after some of his followers attacked the media for reporting that his arrest was imminent.
Source : IBN Live
Devotees of Asaram Bapu beat up representatives of media running a parallel judicial system !
September 1, 2013
Representatives of the media gathered outside the Ashram of H.H. Asaram Bapu constantly enquired with His devotees the whereabouts of H.H. Asaram Bapu. Enraged by such repeated queries, devotees of Asaram Bapu beat up representative and the cameraman of Hindi TV news channel IBN 7 and damaged their camera. In this melee, women devotees participated in a large number. In this connection, the Police have apprehended 6 devotees. Some journalists faced the wrath of devotees also on 30th August at Bhopal.
Source : Dainik Sanatan Prabhat
Sexual assault case: Police arrest Asaram Bapu
September 1, 2013
Bhopal: After days of evading the police and refusing to join investigation in the alleged sexual assault case of a minor girl, the 72-year-old self-styled Godman Asaram was finally arrested on Saturday midnight by Jodhpur Police officials from his ashram in Indore. The police will question Asaram on Sunday morning after 11 days of hide and seek.
“As of now he is fit for investigation and travel. If he claims that he is innocent, the investigating officer will take a decision on further action and whether to arrest him or not,” said Jodhpur police DCP Ajay Pal Lamba.
Source : IBN Live
Saints and Hindu activists unite against defamation of H. H. Asaram Bapu
August 30, 2013
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Surat (Gujarat) : One girl has accused H. H. Asaram Bapu, the Chief of ‘Yoga Vedanta Samiti’, of molestation. Capitalising on the so-called accusations, media has started defaming H. H. Bapuji. On 28th August, Saints and pro-Hindu organisations united at Surat to oppose such conspiracy. A warning was given that such mud-slinging on Hindu saints would not be tolerated in future. H. H. Bapuji was present to bless the Hindu unification on the occasion of this program. H. H. Bapuji said, “Nobody can arrest me now or even in future !” His statement helped to increase faith amongst his devotees. Many Saints- Mahants were on the stage.
Thousands of female dovetees were present : Slap on the face of people maligning Pu. Bapuji |
H. H. Bapu’s defamation is due to foreign Companies incurring losses ! – Shri. Suresh Chavhanke, Editor, Sudarshan channel
Shri. Suresh Chavhanke, the Editor of ‘Sudarshan’, a national news channel said, “All controls of ‘Sudarshan’ news channel are with H. H. Bapuji although I own the channel. Presently, it is necessary to remember the form of Bhagavan Srikrushna with ‘Sudarshan Chakra’ in His hand. Few news channels are making false accusations against H. H. Bapuji. There are 4 crores of devotees of H. H. Bapuji. H. H. Bapuji has freed many people of addictions and immoral behaviour. His mission has caused huge losses to foreign companies; therefore, H. H. Bapuji is being defamed by these companies giving 100 – 200 crores of rupees.”
Congress, which is maligning H. H. Bapu’s name, needs to first see how many of their leaders have dirty hands ! – Shri. Ramesh Shinde, national spokesperson, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS)
Shri. Ramesh Shinde, HJS |
Shri. Ramesh Shinde, the national spokesperson of HJS said, “Many missionaries and maulavis have been accused with immorality; but news channels never open their mouth about them; it is, therefore, most condemnable that H. H. Bapu’s name is being maligned. There are so many women attending H. H. Bapuji’s program which itself is a proof of H. H. Bapu’s innocence. Congressmen are slinging mud at H. H. Bapu; but they need to first check with own party that how many of their leaders, spokespersons have tarnished image.”
If Hindus remain quiet / indifferent when Saints are being defamed, they will not be pardoned ! – Shri. Sunil Shastri Maharaj
Poojya Shri. Sunil shastri Maharaj said, “The Constitution has conferred equal right to all for expressing own feelings; like the media has, so also pro-Hindu activists. Nobody should try to deprive us of this right. It is not an attack on only H. H. Bapuji; but several Saints have been facing similar defamation. If all Hindus remain quiet at such time, ‘Bharatmata’ will never forgive them. “
Sriram Sena supports H. H. Bapu ! – Shri. Pramod Mutalik, Sriram Sena
Shri. Pramod Mutalik, the President of Sriram Sena said, “MP Sharad Yadav has been maligning H. H. Bapuji’s name from sitting in such Parliament where there are several bad people; but he says nothing about them. Sriram Sena supports H. H. Bapuji.”
Anti-superstitions Act has been passed in Maharashtra only to defame and arrest Saints ! – Shri. Abhay Vartak, Spokesperson, Sanatan Sanstha
Shri. Abhay Vartak, Sanatan Sanstha |
Sanatan Sanstha’s spokesperson, Shri. Abhay Vartak said, “The Government finds it difficult to catch hold of a single Saint; therefore, Maharashtra Government has passed anti-superstitions Act to arrest all Saints at one stroke by defaming them. This Act will have adverse effect on Saints’ biographies, religious rituals etc. Hindus should watch only ‘Sudarshan’ channel by boycotting news channels which are defaming H. H. Bapu and read ‘Sanatan Prabhat’ so that people, who are anti-Hindu Dharma, can be opposed at ideological level.”
Poojya Shri. Dinesh Bharati from Jammu, Poojya Swami Om Saiji Maharaj, the Executive President of Hindu Mahasabha, Dr. Sumanji from Jharkhand and Maulana Bilal Abdul Karim Qadri etc. took part in the program.
Highlights
- This ‘satsang’ was going on for more than 4 hours but none of the devotees got up and left in between.
- Slogan like ‘Bharatmata ki Jai’ was raised before start of speech by every Saint and the area was resonating with such acclamation.
Appeals made by various Saints who shared the dais !
- Now is the time for revolution and not peace !
- Boycott anti-Hindu media !
- Teach a lesson to rulers in 2014 elections who are supporting these heretics !
Source : Dainik Sanatan Prabhat