Supporters of the Asaram Bapu came out with sticks and other items used as weapons and attacked a group of journalists who were outside the Ashram in Motera on the outskirts of the city.

"We were outside the Ashram covering the bandh when supporters of the Bapu came out from inside and attacked us," Gopi Ganghar of Aaj Tak who sustanined injuries in the incident said.

"They also damaged equipment and OB vans of the news channel," Ganghar, who was later hospitalised, said.

Bodies of two boys Abhishek Vaghela (11) and Dipesh Vaghela (10) were found dead on the Sabarmati river bank on July 5. They were reported missing from the ashram a few days before their bodies were found.