Haridwar Police said on Tuesday, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s aide Balakrishna has gone “missing” two days after the CBI had registered a case against him for allegedly furnishing fake educational degree for procuring a passport.
Haridwar SSP Kewal Khurana said, The police have pasted the CBI notice outside Divya Yog mandir ashram residence of Mr. Balkrishna, in which he has been summoned to appear on July 28 for questioning in the investigating agency’s office here.
Mr. Khurana said the search for him would be intensified once the ‘Kanwar’ mela is over in the next few days.
A missing person report was lodged in Kankhal Police Station of Haridwar on Monday night by Mr. Balkrishna’s gunner Jayendra singh Aswal after he failed to locate him.
In his report, Mr. Aswal said he reached Mr. Balkrishna’s residence to accompany him to his Patanjali yogpeeth office on Monday morning, but he asked him to go to the office alone saying that he would leave later.
However, Mr. Aswal said Mr. Balkrishna did not come. After returning to the ashram, Mr. Aswal inquired about him but his whereabouts could not be traced following which he filed the report with the police.
Ashram officials told police that Mr. Balkrishna had gone for some “urgent work” and he would soon return.
The CBI has registered a case against him on Sunday under section 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) for procuring the fake degree and violation of section 12 of Passport Act (knowingly furnishing false documents for getting passport).
Mr. Khurana said the search for him would be intensified once the ‘Kanwar’ mela is over in the next few days.
A missing person report was lodged in Kankhal Police Station of Haridwar on Monday night by Mr. Balkrishna’s gunner Jayendra singh Aswal after he failed to locate him.
In his report, Mr. Aswal said he reached Mr. Balkrishna’s residence to accompany him to his Patanjali yogpeeth office on Monday morning, but he asked him to go to the office alone saying that he would leave later.
However, Mr. Aswal said Mr. Balkrishna did not come. After returning to the ashram, Mr. Aswal inquired about him but his whereabouts could not be traced following which he filed the report with the police.
Ashram officials told police that Mr. Balkrishna had gone for some “urgent work” and he would soon return.
The CBI has registered a case against him on Sunday under section 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) for procuring the fake degree and violation of section 12 of Passport Act (knowingly furnishing false documents for getting passport).