The crusader for the cause of Ganga, Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand breathed his last at AIIMS Rishikesh after undertaking a fast for 110 days on Thursday. Notably, the scientist-turned ascetic had been forcefully lifted from the site of his fasting stir at Matri Sadan by a team of the district administration and police and had been admitted at AIIMS Rishikesh on Wednesday. He was 86. As per the release issued by the AIIMS Rishikesh, he died of heart failure.
Sanand had embarked on the fasting while restricting himself to just lemon juice, on June 22 on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra. He had, however, given up water too on Tuesday evening after the efforts of the former Chief Minister and Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ to end his fast through a positive assurance from the Centre had proved futile.
Terming the death of Sanand as ‘murder’ as part of a joint conspiracy hatched by the Centre, the district administration and AIIMS, Matri Sadan said that they would continue with the crusade for Ganga.
Speaking to The Pioneer, Brahmachari Dayanand of Matri Sadan said, “This is clearly a murder case. Around 2 pm, our ashram caretaker Prem Narayan, who was with Swami Sanand, informed us that the doctors had decided to refer him to higher medical centre, given his critical condition.
However, Prem Narain found Sanand in good health in the morning. How could his health have taken such a critical turn in a few hours?” he asked. He ,further, said that in accordance with the ascetic’s body donation declaration on death, they had requested the authorities to take him to Delhi AIIMS. “But our request was turned down,” he said.