Date:26/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/26/stories/2008072655661300.htm

National

14 arrested from Asaram’s ashram

Special Correspondent

AHMEDABAD: The police arrested 14 people from Asaram Bapu’s ashram in Motera, on the outskirts of the city, on Friday in connection with the attack on journalists and other violent activities during the bandh against the mysterious death of two boys in the ashram last week.

The police said they were looking for 18 more people identified from the videos of the the electronic media. Seven persons, who were arrested earlier for attacking the journalists, were released on conditional bail.

While the police combed the ashram here, the officials of the Foods and Drugs department raided Mr. Asaram’s another ashram in Godhra and seized 56 bottles of medicines, allegedly manufactured by the inmates.

An official of the department said this followed complaints from some patients of a burning sensation in the eyes.

The Deputy Director of the Forensic Science Laboratory, Gandhinagar, along with CID (Crime) was assigned to help in the scientific investigation into the death of Abhishek (12) and Deepesh (11), students of the ashram school. Their bodies were recovered from the Sabarmati river bed behind the ashram.