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BJP leader Uma Bharti accused the Centre of implicating Ramdev’s key aide Balkrishna in a fake case to take ‘revenge’ on the yoga guru.
“The Centre is trying to take revenge on yoga guru Ramdev,” Bharti told reporters.
She alleged that a Congress general secretary has also threatened noted activist Anna Hazare with similar consequences which Ramdev faced.
Criticising spurt in crime and anarchy in Uttar Pradesh,the BJP leader claimed that the killing of a state coordinator of Hindu Yuva Vahini in Basti was a result of connivance between government and criminals.
The lathicharge on BJP state president Surya Pratap Shahi in Deoria was a violation of democratic rights,she said.
CBI summons Ramdev aide Balkrishna as he goes missing
The CBI has summoned Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s aide Balkrishna on July 28 for questioning as he went “missing” two days after a case was registered against him for allegedly furnishing fake educational degree for procuring a passport.
CBI sources said summons has been served through local police on Balkrishna for appearing before the agency in Dehradun.
“It appears he is missing from his residence for two days,” the sources said.
The CBI has earlier issued a look-out notice against Balkrishna after it registered a case against him under section 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) for procuring the fake degree and violation of section 12 of the Indian Passport Act (knowingly furnishing false documents for getting passport).
The agency had also approached the External Affairs Ministry seeking revocation of Balkrishna’s passport.
Earlier,a missing persons report has been lodged in Kankhal police station in Haridwar late last night by Balakrishna’s bodyguard Jayendra Singh Aswal.
According to the report,Aswal reached Balkrishna’s DivyaYog ashram residence to accompany him to his Patanjali office yesterday but Balkrishna asked him to go to the office alone saying that he would leave later.
However,Aswal said,he waited till late in the evening but Balkrishna did not come. After returning to Divya Yog ashram,Aswal inquired about him but his whereabouts could not be known following which he filed the report with the police.
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