An accused in the murder of Dr Amrut Prajapati, the key witness in the Asaram case who was murdered 10 years ago in Rajkot, has been arrested. Kishore Bodke, a resident of Ahmedabad was arrested by the Rajkot Crime Branch.

He had been absconding for 10 years and was staying at an Asaram ashram as a servant in Karnataka’s Kalaburgi district

On May 23, 2014, Dr Prajapati, a former follower of Asaram and a witness in the Asaram case, was providing medical treatment to patients at Shanti Ayurvedic Hospital in Rajkot. At that time, a person disguised as a patient shot him.

Dr Prajapati was seriously injured and was taken to the hospital, where he died after 20 days of treatment. At that time, he had named Asaram’s followers as the accused. A case was registered in the B-Division police station. Later, the investigation of this high-profile case was handed over to the CID Crime Branch. So far, three accused have been arrested by the CID Crime Branch.

Among the remaining seven accused, Bodke, who originally hails from Maharashtra’s Solapur district, had been absconding. He was staying as a servant in the Asaram ashram in Kalaburgi district of Karnataka.

The Crime Branch team, led by PSI A N Parmar, received specific information that Bodke was staying in a certain Asaram ashram in Karnataka. Based on this information, the team travelled to Karnataka and, with the help of local police, arrested him.

He was then brought to Rajkot and handed over to the CID Crime Branch. 

What is the Asaram Bapu case?

Asaram has been serving life imprisonment in Jodhpur prison following his conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and other offences by a trial court in 2018, for raping a minor girl.

Currently Asaram is out on interim bail till March 31 due to medical conditions.

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