Hindustan Times

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      Ahmedabad/Jaipur, August 28, 2013, HT

 

        In a blow to

Asaram Bapu

        , the

Jodhpur

      police on Wednesday said charges

 

      levelled against the self-styled godman by the 16-year-old girl were likely

 

      to be true. The police said they had not found any contradiction between

 

      the statements of the girl and evidences gathered during investigation.

 

     

        “The charges levelled by the victim have also been confirmed during the

     

          interrogation of warden and caretaker at

    Chhindwara

        ,” said deputy

     

        commissioner of police Ajay Pal Lamba.

     

       

          The police have also rejected Asaram’s plea seeking more time for making an

       

          appearance for interrogation on August 30.

       

         

            The hostel warden and a caretaker from the gurukul in Chhindawar where the

         

            girl was studying have been asked to appear before police on Thursday.

         

           

              Jodhpur police also dispatched its factual report of the case to the

           

              ministry of home affairs.

           

             

                “We have sent the detailed report in the Asaram case required by the home

             

                ministry,” a senior police official said.

             

               

                  Meanwhile, sparking another row, Asaram’s son Narayan Sai said the teenage

               

                  victim was “mentally unstable”.

               

                 

                    “She used to take around two to two-and-half hours to bathe. And even

                 

                      during recess while in Chhindwara gurukul in

                Madhya Pradesh

                    , she took 45

                 

                    minutes. She seemed to be mentally unstable. To solve this problem, the

                 

                    parents of the girl accompanied her from Chhindwara to Jodhpur to take her

                 

                      to Asaram Bapu,” Sai said, to his supporters in

                Rajkot

                    .

                 

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