lawyers of Ram Bharat, the younger brother of Baba Ramdev, who has been languishing under judicial custody since the gory clash had occurred at Patanjali Herbal Food Park located at Padartha under Pathri police station on 27 May are likely to approach the High Court, seeking bail for the accused. They said things would be decided soon on the matter. Notably, Ram Bharat was arrested by the Haridwar district police on 28 May and was produced at the district court the same night. Ram Bharat and two others were remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody.
One person was killed and several others were injured as local truck operators clashed with the security guards of the food park over the park management allegedly ignoring them as far as the transportation of the park’s products are concerned. Subsequently, police arrested seven persons from the side of Patanjali while three from transporters’ side were rounded up.Sources revealed that after the fourteen days of custody were over, lawyers of Ram Bharat produced the bail application in the court of the District Judge twice. But on both occasions, the bail pleas were rejected.
Sources added that the defence lawyers might move High Court of Uttarakhand in the first week of July, praying for bail for Ram Bharat. Notably, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Haridwar Sweety Agarwal had constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on 2 June to investigate the 27 May bloody clash at Patanjali Herbal Food Park. Circle officer (CO) Roorkee Kuldip Singh Aswal has been leading the 11 -member team comprising six sub-inspectors (SI) and five constables. SSP Haridwar had given a 10-day deadline to the team for the submission of the report.