Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat police nabbed disciple of self-styled god-man Asaram Bapu in connection with an attack on the witnesses against jailed Asaram and his Narayan Sai on Monday.
Sources in police said that they arrested 24-year-old Kartik Haldar near Raipur city in Chhattisgarh. Haldar was involved in as many as seven cases of attack on witnesses including three murders. The accused is resident of Pargana near West Bengal capital Kolkata.
According to police, he was involved in the murders of the three witnesses against Asaram-Sai duo — Amrut Prajapati, Akhil Gupta and Krupal apart from four other such cases where he attempted to attack of witnesses against the father-son duo. Asaram is in Jodhpur jail for alleged rape case and his son Narayan Sai is lodged in lajpore jail of Surat in multiple crime cases.
Haldar would be brought to Ahmedabad for investigation which may increase more troubles for Asaram and Narayan Sai. He was also involved in the attempts to murder of Raju Chandok and lal Thakur in Ahmedabad as well as Om Prakash and his wife in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh. He also tried to murder Mahendra Chavla who is also a witness against Asaram.