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The Ahmedabad Bandh coincided with the Guru Purnima celebrations organised by the Ashram.
The injured include mediapersons covering the Guru Purnima celebrations at the Ashram in Motera village and several men and women who were on a protest march to the premises demanding justice over the deaths. About 40 cars and other vehicles were burnt to cinders, though the police say they have accounted for only eight.
Significantly, the Ashram did not send out a single appeal to stop its marauding devotees, all through the day.
The police initially chose to do nothing while the devotees armed with swords, lathis and even firearms, went berserk. Later they fired in the air and lobbed more than three dozen teargas shells when the protestors rallied to take on the attackers in a hand to hand fight.
Angry locals soon converged into mobs prowling the Sabarmati area and other city locations pelting stones, setting vehicles afire and mounting retaliatory attacks.
The mayhem began at about 11 am with a 2,000-strong mob of Ashram inmates coming out of the Ashram premises in trucks and on feet, attacking locals who had gathered to protest nearby.
The devotees also resorted to heavy stone pelting at the gathering, and one of those injured early on was Gandhinagar Superintendent of Police Piyush Patel.
The initial attack by the Ashram devotees saw the protestors flee for their lives. The fleeing crowd was pursued and the stragglers were brought down with lathi blows. The devotees also broke into the nearby housing societies on the trail of those who had ran into them, ransacking and damaging property, even the parked vehicles.
Though locals soon rallied to put up a resistance to the devotees, they were badly outnumbered in many places. The attack lasted well over half an hour, with the police displaying no more than a pedestrian interest. This was while the attackers left behind a trail of injured people, including a woman reporter of a national news channel.
"The Ashram vasis (inmates) just barged in and damaged at least 20 vehicles parked in our society,'' said Rajesh Kumar, a resident of the Stadium Villa Bungalows in the area.
Soon, local people began collecting in large numbers, targeting Ashram devotees on their way to take part in the Guru Purnima celebrations at its premises. The Sabarmati Chowk near the Sabarmati Bus Stop bore the look of a mini-battleground with angry mobs pelting stones throughout the day, and several dozen vehicles burning on the roadside
The Joint Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad, Mohan Jha refused to comment on the police role in the violence. DIG J K Bhatt said the situation has been brought under control. He said the police have arrested "10 to 15 people from the spot." Ashram Administrator Uday Sangani was unavailable for comment.
Friday's events were a fallout of the death of two young boys, Dipesh and Abhishek Vaghela from the Nirnay Nagar area of Ahmedabad, who were found dead in the Sabarmati riverbed on July 5 after they went missing from the Ashram-run gurukul two days earlier on July 3. Their parents allege that the two were killed as part of some 'black magic' ritual by the Ashram authorities.
he has no human emotions and makes his people as same, he uses our hindusim for his greed. He has no emotions for people killed and people crying. He tries to distort any news which exposes his criminal activities. Media is not allowed to inside the ashram. Young people are holded as hostages inside the ashram and are not let go to their homes. They are mentally trained for hours that your life is to serve asaram. this is the same brainwashing tactic used by terrorist organizations in the name of their god. asaram is nothing more than madari wala who collects people with his gimmicks.
asaram is not a sant rather is a TANTRIK and manipulator
All that is happening is a conspiracy against Bapuji and ashram.Some people or group wants to bring bad name to Bapujis Ashram but they will not be successful in doing so because all the sadhaks and sadhikas of Bapuji know him very well.It was said that reporters were attacked by Bapus followers and were saying that only the positive thing about ashram should come in front of media and the public not negative.This stament itself clearly shows that they were not Bapu's followers but some other people.There is nothing negative in our Gurudev's Ashram.I request people to come and visit once the poonam darshan or shivar at any place may it be ahmedabad or surat.Then you will come to know that when lakhs of people assemble for darshan not even a single mishappening happens then how can this take place in ashram.What ever is happening it is only and only to bring down the image of Bapuji.I request the officials and the reporters to bring the truth in front of people and should stop assuming
IT IS SURPRISING THAT PEOPLE ARE WRITING ABOUT THE MISSION AND ACTIVITIES OF ASHRAM WITHOUT LOOKING INTO THE FACTS. IT SEEMS BLIND PEOPLE FROM THE MEDIA ARE SHOWING THE WAY TO BLIND PEOPLE OF THE SOCIETY WHO JUST CRITICIZE FOR THE SAKE OF IT. REMEMBER WHAT WILL YOU SOW WILL YOU REAP AND REAP IT SOON. IF SO MANY BAD THINGS ARE HAPPENNING IN THE ASHRAM THEN WHY THE GOVERNMENT, CBI, INTERPOL AND SO CALLED MEDIA DIDNOT WRITE ABOUT THE BAD THINGS ABOUT THE ASHRAM THAT HAS MORE THAN 250 ASHRAMS, 2000 SAMITIS, 15000 CHILD DEVLPMENT CENTRES, SO MANY DOCTORS, ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS AND SCHOLARS WORK FOR ASHRAM AND WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES FOR BAPUJI. GO AND FIND OUT YOURSELF. WE ARE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH NOT TO GET CARRIED AWAY BY SELFISH, MISINFORMED AND INCREDIBLY STUPID MEDIA. WE KNOW THEIR MALAFIDE INTENTIONS ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN TERRORISTS AND STILL SLAVES OF COLONIAL SYSTEM. THESE SAME MEDIA HEADS ARE ALWAYS SEND REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEW WITH BAPUJI. DR. MANASI ANAND, MBBS, MD, GYANE
Subash Sampat, What about the incident which happned 1 year before....one young boy thrown petrol over himself infront of your media personnel .They were doing their job responsible
Aaj Tak/Star News/…Breaking new: Amitab bachan ko jukhamBreaking news: A girl eloped with her teacherBreaking news: A lover hanged himself after killing his own loveBreaking news: Father arrested for honor killingBreaking news: …Why our media has such a negative outlook? Why can’t they see good things around. Pick any newspaper, front page will be full of sad, gloomy, pessimistic, provoking and negative news – murder, deception, rape, treachery, war, blast. When something good happens or somebody does something work for humanity then media becomes blind. Why? Because that’s not sellable. For publicity they can do anything – put some more spice to turn a simple news into breaking news. I am not biased or in favor of injustice; If something wrong happened with those kids then that should come in the front of everyone. But just for the sake of publicity, media should also not try to give a new twist to everything. Show news but don’t make news.
Sudhakar, It is my contention that you probably belong to the criminal fraternity. You must be a supporter of this God damned sadhu and an accomplice in the murder of these two innocent souls for finding the mole in the eyes of the media while not uttering a word against this dastardly deeds of these criminals. Any discussion on police, policing, law and order and the work of the press and the electronics media should begin with an understanding of the environment the journalists work in. The media personnel are knowledgeable and responsible citizens of this country who represent the views of the cross section of the public and keep the public informed of things as they happen. The media fraternity has always endeavoured to be a well-informed voice of the nation on all matters. It should be pleasing to everyone that it is more and more being seen as legitimate participants in the affairs of the nation, exposing the corrupt and the criminals and espousing causes that they and the people find dear. I have been fortunate to be part of this very endearing fraternity and many significant international academic forums for the past four decades and I strongly believe practitioners, academics and the public benefit from the resultant exchange of information, views and ideas presented by the media.
ahmedabad ashram incident on 18th, july as far as i think 80% created by the modern greedy media who has no social no relegeious responsible they havent. Please Try in beleive of god in KALIYUG. When our political leader are not able to gather millions people after having them money, power etc.etc..then PERSON LIKE BAPU WHO CAN GATHER LOT OF SATSANGI WITHOUT ANY REQUEST..TAU BHAI MANANA PADEGA BHAGWAN KI SHAKTI KO...LAXMAN JI KE TEER LAGA...RAMJI DUKHI HUVE KINTU RAMJI NE KUCH NAHI KEYA HANUMANJI NE SANJIVNI BUTI LAKER LAXMANJI KI JAAN BACHAI...TAU KYA HUM RAMJI PER GUSSA HOYE..MURKH LOG RAMJI PER GUSSA HO SAKTE HAI KINTU SARI MAYA RAMJI KI THI SHAKTISHALI HANUMANJI KISKO PUJTE HAI?????? SHREE RAMJI KO....TAO AGAR BAPU KE JAMANE MAI KOI GHATNA HO BHI JAYE TAU ISME BAPU KA KYA DOSH HAI...bapu duara chalye jare nashamukti abhiyan, bal sanskar kender ki positive khabre aaj tak kitne media ne show ki hai..please find positivness in india. dont make news
Thank you for providing a lead to the police by this posting. It seems you seem to know quite a bit about the murders of these two children. Police will soon track you down and contact you for interrogation. Raj- esh. You will soon be doing Esh in jail.
Asaram Bapu and his stupid followers think of this another Chandra Swami as a god so this crook phones up his goondas to gather his brainwashed innocent followers to attack the employees of Jet Airways at Ahmedabad airport (August 2006). His followers shouted slogans against the airliner for frisking him as part of their security check before allowing him to board a Delhi-bound aircraft at Ahmedabad. The followers were angry to know that this Nasharam Pappu was frisked twice at the Ahmedabad airport before being allowed to embark on the Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight. The 'Arrivals' lounge at Ahmedabad airport witnessed some noisy scenes with his followers shouting slogans against the airliner. That mess lasted 4 hours.
Mr. Chandra Swami Why your jet airways innocent workers checking Asharam Bapu again
It is time for both the Central and State Governments to create a special portfolio of The Office of the Minister for Children (OMC) which would be fully committed to safeguarding the well-being of all children and young people. This ministry should be committed to promoting the rights of the child, including the participation of children and young people in matters that affect them. It should also be the responsibility of this ministry to formulate the State or National Children’s Strategy with responsibility for driving and monitoring the implementation of this strategy. This ministry should be committed to promoting and facilitating the full participation of children and young people in its work. The ministry should aim to create a safe and healthy environment for the young people wherever they go to participate and should be committed at all times to ensuring their safety and welfare.
A set of child protection guidelines should be introduced by the State and national governments, based on Children First – National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children and Our Duty to Care – The Principles of Good Practice for the Protection of Children and Young People as issued by the government in the United Kingdom. In accordance with these documents, it is good practice for all organisations that have contact with children and young people to introduce a child protection policy. This policy should help to provide safeguards and support for staff when they are working with children and young people.
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