Date:09/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/09/stories/2008080950340100.htm

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Notice to Asaram ashram for land norm violations

INDORE: The district administration on Friday issued notice to the Asaram Bapu Ashram for its alleged violation of land allotment norms. It has been embroiled in a controversy over the death of two students.

District Magistrate Rakesh Srivastava said here that the ashram was asked to reply within a week. He said seven hectares was allotted to it in 1998 at Limbodi and Bilawali villages. It was made clear that no permanent construction would be built there.

But “we received a complaint that the Ashram has put up a pucca construction on the land... ” — PTI