Scores of supporters of Asaram Bapu on Friday staged a protest at Kamla Market police station demanding quashing of the FIR filed against him for alleged sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in his ashram, police said.
“The protesters, who were shouting slogans against police and the media, later marched towards Jantar Mantar where they damaged the OB van of a Hindi news channel and thrashed one of its crew members,” said a police official. The protesters gathered at the police station in Central Delhi at around 10 am raising slogans and carrying placards accusing the police and the media of tarnishing the 74-year-old self-styled godman’s image, police said.
The OB van of the Hindi news channel was attacked near Parliament Street police station, a crew member of the OB van was beaten up, police said, adding three protesters were detained in the case. On Tuesday, a 16-year-old girl, along with her parents, went to Kamla Market police station and gave a written complaint against Asaram Bapu charging him with sexually assaulting her.