Self-styled godman
Bhole Baba
whose satsang came on radar after 121 devotees died in a stampede situation in Hathras early this month made a controversial comment on Wednesday that everyone who has been born has to die some day as the inevitable can't be stopped. "Honi ko kaun taal sakta hai, jo aaya hai, use ek din Jana hi hai... (Who can challenge the inevitable? Everyone who came to this world has to leave one day -- some before, some later)" the religious preacher said as he reached his village for medical purpose.
Bhole Baba's lawyer AP Singh urged his devotees to not visit him at his ashram at Bahadur Nagar village in Kasganj as his visit was for medical reasons. "He has reached his ashram and will stay here. He came here from his another ashram. He was never at anyone's place or any hotel or another country," Bhole Baba's lawyer A P Singh said.
After the July 2 tragedy, the constable-turned godman and his religious activities spread over many ashrams in the state came under scrutiny but he was not named in the FIR registered over the stampede. Earlier, he expressed his regret over the loss of the lives and said the culprits will not go unpunished.
The lawyer of Bhole Baba had on July 6 claimed "some poisonous substance" sprayed by "some unidentified men" triggered the stampede. The SIT in its report recommended a detailed investigation as a conspiracy could not be ruled out.
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