Asaram Bapu gets summons, denies sexual assault charges
28 Aug 2013 5:32 AM IST
Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu has refuted all charges levelled against him in the sexual assault case. Speaking to reporter of a news channel at his ashram in Indore on Tuesday, Asaram Bapu claimed that he was being framed.
‘There is a conspiracy to defame me,’ Asaram said denying all charges of sexual assault. He said the girl was forced to lodge a complaint against him. Earlier, a team of Jodhpur Police reached the Indore ashram and served summons on Asaram Bapu.
The two-member team, which reached his ashram on Khandwa road on the outskirts of the city at 8am, served the summons to Asaram at around 2 pm after being told by ashram functionaries that he was meditating and cannot be disturbed. “We have served the notice to Asaram around 2pm for appearing before the police in the matter,” sub-inspector (SI) Bhanwar Singh told reporters outside the ashram. Asaram has assured to cooperate with the police in the matter, he said. Jodhpur police has directed Asaram to appear before it for questioning within four days of receiving the notice. The summons were issued after initial investigations found that there was prima facie a case against him which needs to be probed. Asaram has been asked to appear before police on or before 30 August, to record his statement, police said.
Jodhpur police had on Monday delivered summons to Asaram Bapu in Ahmedabad also. The summons were delivered to his representative. The godman has been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting the girl in a Jodhpur ashram on 15 August under sections 376, 342, 506 and 509 of the IPC, section 8 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act and sections 23 and 26 of the Juvenile Justice Act.
‘There is a conspiracy to defame me,’ Asaram said denying all charges of sexual assault. He said the girl was forced to lodge a complaint against him. Earlier, a team of Jodhpur Police reached the Indore ashram and served summons on Asaram Bapu.
The two-member team, which reached his ashram on Khandwa road on the outskirts of the city at 8am, served the summons to Asaram at around 2 pm after being told by ashram functionaries that he was meditating and cannot be disturbed. “We have served the notice to Asaram around 2pm for appearing before the police in the matter,” sub-inspector (SI) Bhanwar Singh told reporters outside the ashram. Asaram has assured to cooperate with the police in the matter, he said. Jodhpur police has directed Asaram to appear before it for questioning within four days of receiving the notice. The summons were issued after initial investigations found that there was prima facie a case against him which needs to be probed. Asaram has been asked to appear before police on or before 30 August, to record his statement, police said.
Jodhpur police had on Monday delivered summons to Asaram Bapu in Ahmedabad also. The summons were delivered to his representative. The godman has been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting the girl in a Jodhpur ashram on 15 August under sections 376, 342, 506 and 509 of the IPC, section 8 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act and sections 23 and 26 of the Juvenile Justice Act.
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