New Delhi: The CBI is expected to question Yoga Guru Ramdev soon in connection with alleged kidnapping of his guru Swami Shankar Dev who mysteriously went missing six years ago while taking a morning walk in Haridwar.
CBI sources said on Tuesday that an agency team had already visited Haridwar to pick clues and is likely to visit the temple town in Uttarakhand again soon to question Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna in the kidnapping case.
The sources said the focus of the questioning will be to get any information which might help in tracking down Shankar Dev's whereabouts. The agency had registered a case last month in this connection under Section 365 of Indian Penal Code(IPC) against unknown persons. The section pertains to kidnapping or abducting and wrongful confinement.
Uttarakhand Police had registered a case of abduction to probe the disappearance of Dev, who had been living in Ramdev's ashram but was missing since July 2007 when he had set out for a morning walk. The FIR was reportedly filed by Ramdev s aide Acharya Balkrishna at Kankhal police station three days after the Swami went missing under mysterious circumstances....
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09:40 PM, Apr 09, 2013
CBI has registered a case in connection with alleged kidnapping of yoga exponent Ramdev's guru Swami Shankar Dev who mysteriously went missing six years ago while taking a morning walk in Haridwar. CBI sources said a case under Section 365 of Indian Penal code against unknown persons. The section pertains to kidnapping or abducting and wrongful confinement. ...
03:46 AM, Mar 23, 2013
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdevs Patanjali Yogpeeth and Divya Yog Mandir Trust have been charged of running a club under the grab of a trust. The Director General Of Central Excise Intelligence has imposed a service tax of Rs 12 crore on Ramdev's trust after alleging that it was actually running a club. The DGCEI has revealed that Divya Yog Mandir Trust and the Yogpeeth have earned Rs 15...
02:47 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Dehradun: A special CBI court in Dehradun will hear Baba Ramdev's aide Balkrishna's fake passport case. He has been charged with forgery and violation of the Indian Passport Act. CBI claims Balkrishna obtained the passport on the basis of a fake date of birth certificate. According to the Enforcement Directorate's initial investigations, Balkrishna was involved in a Jharkhand-based company and is alleged to have violated FEMA guidelines. He allegedly travelled...
08:40 AM, Oct 22, 2012
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Friday recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the disappearance of Swami Shankar Dev, founder of yoga guru Ramdev's Divya Yog Mandir Trust. A notification to this effect was issued after the investigation into the Swami's disappearance by the state police did not yield any clue, Principal Secretary (Home) Vinita Kumar said. The state police began investigating the case on the basis of...
10:21 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Income Tax department is all set to cancel the charitable status of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's trust Patanjali Yogpeeth. The department found that while the income of the trust was over Rs 72 crore, it had claimed its income is nil. Ramdev's adviser Ved Pratap Vaidik reacting to the news, said, "Ramdev has no personal interest and they are saying he is making business. What health department...
10:36 AM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will soon question Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna in connection with a money laundering case registered against him even as yet another enterprise of the yoga guru has come under the scanner of the agency. While the ED is set to question Balkrishna on the foreign trips and investments he had made using his passport, it has begun scrutiny of funds inflow and remittances made...
01:59 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has slapped notices against yoga guru Ramdev and his two trusts for alleged violations of foreign exchange laws. The notices, relating to alleged unaccounted payment of Rs 60 lakh, have been issued to the Divya Yog Mandir Trust and Patanjali Yog Peeth Trust. The notices to Ramdev came just after the ED had slapped a similar notice against Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna for being...
09:44 AM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent a to Baba Ramdev's aide Balkrishna under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The ED had registered a case against Balkrishna under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Wednesday. According to the ED's initial investigations Balkrishna was involved in a Jharkhand-based company and is alleged to have violated FEMA guidelines. He allegedly travelled to over 25 countries on a fake passport including...
05:29 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst mounting trouble for yoga guru Ramdev, the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday registered a money laundering case against his close aide Balkrishna even as the agency is all set to close in on the two in its probe against their trusts. The agency registered the case acting on the CBI FIR, which had charged Balkrishna with violations of the Passport Act. Sources said the ED suspects that Balkrishna,...
09:55 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Dehradun: Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna, who spent nearly a month behind bars in a fake document case, was on Friday released from Suddhowala jail, a day after being granted bail by the High Court. Balkrishna was given a rousing welcome outside the jail and was taken to Haridwar where slogan shouting followers of Ramdev greeted him. Addressing a gathering, Balkrishna claimed that he was being framed in the case....
07:24 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday granted bail to yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, nearly a month after he was arrested by the CBI in a fake document case. Hearing the bail application, a single judge bench of Justice Tarun Agrawal granted bail to Balkrishna. The court also ordered Balkrishna to furnish two personal sureties of Rs 10 lakh, Balkrishna's counsel Rajendra Dobhal said. Balkrishna had moved the...
02:44 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Dehra Dun: Yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday alleged that a conspiracy was being hatched to kill his close aide Balkrishna, who is currently lodged in a jail in Dehra Dun, and put the blame on him. Soon after his arrival Dehra Dun from New Delhi after ending his fast, Ramdev drove straight to Suddhowala jail to meet Balkrishna, whose judicial remand was on Monday extended by a CBI court for...
01:01 AM, Aug 15, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Monday defied the police and remained non-committal on ending his fast on Tuesday morning despite being freed by the Delhi Police at Ambedkar Stadium, where he was detained after he tried to march to Parliament. The yoga guru, who is campaigning against black money, on Monday evening refused to leave the Ambedkar stadium along with his supporters. However, before the stand taken by...
11:50 PM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's close aide Acharya Balkrishna's judicial custody has been extended till August 27. He was produced before a Dehradun court on Monday. Balkrishna was arrested in a case of forgery and violation of the Indian Passport Act. Balkrishna was arrested last month in a fake passport case after he failed to appear at a Dehradun court. Balkrishna had allegedly provided fake documents to procure a...
01:04 PM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's close aide Acharya Balkrishna's judicial custody ends on Monday. He will be produced before a Dehradun court. Balkrishna was arrested in a case of forgery and violation of the Indian Passport Act. Balkrishna was arrested last month in a fake passport case after he failed to appear at a Dehradun court. Balkrishna had allegedly provided fake documents to procure a passport. ...
08:30 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Vadodara: Over 3,000 quintals of wheat worth over Rs 3.5 crore was damaged due to rains over the last two days as local officials had failed to make proper storage arrangements, BJP MP Balkrishna Shukla said on Sunday. "Food Corporation of India and Central Warehousing Corporation had kept 3,000 quintals of wheat in the open at the premises of FCI and CWC and Vadodara railway station. It was damaged due...
10:14 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, who is in jail in connection with a fake passport case, was equated with the freedom fighters at Ramdev's fast venue Ramlila Maidan on Thursday. A huge poster at the fast venue had Balkrishna's picture with the likes of Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh. The poster was later removed after it was reported in the media. The poster...
01:33 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Dehradun: An Uttarakhand BJP delegation on Sunday met Baba Ramdev's close aide Acharya Balkrishna, who is lodged in Suddhowala jail in Dehradun following his arrest on Friday in fake documents case, and expressed the party s support to him. Balkrishna has been remanded to nine-day judicial custody on Saturday. The delegation which was led by leader of the opposition Ajay Bhatt claimed that the central government was trying to break...
11:21 PM, Jul 22, 2012
