Aug 02 2008
Mysterious deaths of children in AsaRam Bapu Aashram!
In the last one month, there reported four deaths in the ashrams of Asaram-Bapu, all happened mysteriously in bathroom. These incidents put a question mark on the safety of Aashrams and on the words of the spiritual leader. Till now, there are no clues behind the deaths of these innocent boys of the Ashram who were there to seek education.
Recently a four-year-old child, Vedanta was found dead in the bathroom by his fellow students at 6:15 pm on Thursday (July 31). His head was found in a bucket of water. The door was bolted from the outside. Reason given for this death was again a slip of leg by the child like in earlier three deaths. In the last 3 days, it was the second death at the Ashram in Chhindwara, MP. Two days back, a 4-year-old Ramakrishna Yadav was also found dead in the hostel bathroom. Reason for his death was told the same.
Is it convincing? Definitely not. Above all this, the parents have not filed the case yet believing in the words of Asaram-Bapu that the child would be reborn again.
The issue has taken a serious turn in the society. A fight broke out between the two groups of people, the supporters of the ashram and the protesters of the deaths. Lathi charge and tear gas shells are used by the police to disperse the crowd.
Earlier, on July 5, dead bodies of two missing children of the Asaram Gurukul in Ahmedabad were found in the Sabarmati River. These two students were missing from July 3. The two dead boys were cousins and feared that they are killed. Their fathers went on indefinite hunger strike, which they inexplicably withdrew.
The deaths are now being probed by the criminal investigation department (CID). Meanwhile, the parents of other children are scared of the incidents and took their Childs away from the ashram.
Some channels on TV have shows Asaram-Bapu shedding tears on the death of the children. He says that he is not responsible for the deaths. God knows what the conspiracy behind it is. But the pure image of the spiritual guru of Indians is washed with the incident.
