Organs of deceased children were found to be missing; exorcism suspected
It was not just the loss of two lives, but also a case of shaken faith in spiritual guru Asaram Bapu for Praful Vaghela and his brother Shantilal Vaghela. The two lost their children, who were enrolled in the Bapu's ashram in Motera village, under mysterious circumstances.
To add to the mystery are the missing organs of the children, with many believing they could have been targets of exorcism.
Joint Commissioner of Police Mohan Jha said, "Prima facie, it seems that the boys died due to drowning. However, it is not the final judgment and things will be clear after the reports of the postmortem and viscera samples are known."
While Praful Vaghela, father of Dipesh, is repenting not having checked the security arrangements at the Gurukul run by the ashram authorities before sending their sons, Abhishek's father Shantilal is in a state of shock.
"My brother, Shantilal, is an ardent follower of Asaram Bapu and on his insistence I had agreed to enroll the boys at the gurukul. But I did not know that the ashram authorities would be so irresponsible. I have faith in Asaram Bapu, but I would ask people to think twice before enrolling their children in the ashram," said Praful.
The Vaghelas have accused the ashram authorities of showing negligence in handling the boys. Suspecting involvement of someone from the ashram, the parents alleged that their wards must have been killed for black magic.
Praful's elder brother Suresh had on Sunday said that he has lost faith even in Asaram Bapu. "Two innocent children from his ashram have lost lives and yet there is no message from him. I have completely lost faith in him," he said.
Reacting to this, Uday Sangani, administrator of the ashram, said that to lose faith in the ashram is the personal matter of the Vaghelas. "I agree that there was security lapse, but after that we had taken enough efforts to find out the boys," he added.
Meanwhile, the residents of Ranip took out a protest rally against the ashram and the shopkeepers of the area observed a bandh to express solidarity with the victims' families. The rally marched through Ranip, Nirnay Nagar and Chandlodia areas, with the participants shouting slogans against the ashram authorities.
Courtesy : www.expressindia.com
It was not just the loss of two lives, but also a case of shaken faith in spiritual guru Asaram Bapu for Praful Vaghela and his brother Shantilal Vaghela. The two lost their children, who were enrolled in the Bapu's ashram in Motera village, under mysterious circumstances.
To add to the mystery are the missing organs of the children, with many believing they could have been targets of exorcism.
Joint Commissioner of Police Mohan Jha said, "Prima facie, it seems that the boys died due to drowning. However, it is not the final judgment and things will be clear after the reports of the postmortem and viscera samples are known."
While Praful Vaghela, father of Dipesh, is repenting not having checked the security arrangements at the Gurukul run by the ashram authorities before sending their sons, Abhishek's father Shantilal is in a state of shock.
"My brother, Shantilal, is an ardent follower of Asaram Bapu and on his insistence I had agreed to enroll the boys at the gurukul. But I did not know that the ashram authorities would be so irresponsible. I have faith in Asaram Bapu, but I would ask people to think twice before enrolling their children in the ashram," said Praful.
The Vaghelas have accused the ashram authorities of showing negligence in handling the boys. Suspecting involvement of someone from the ashram, the parents alleged that their wards must have been killed for black magic.
Praful's elder brother Suresh had on Sunday said that he has lost faith even in Asaram Bapu. "Two innocent children from his ashram have lost lives and yet there is no message from him. I have completely lost faith in him," he said.
Reacting to this, Uday Sangani, administrator of the ashram, said that to lose faith in the ashram is the personal matter of the Vaghelas. "I agree that there was security lapse, but after that we had taken enough efforts to find out the boys," he added.
Meanwhile, the residents of Ranip took out a protest rally against the ashram and the shopkeepers of the area observed a bandh to express solidarity with the victims' families. The rally marched through Ranip, Nirnay Nagar and Chandlodia areas, with the participants shouting slogans against the ashram authorities.
Courtesy : www.expressindia.com