Indore: Two days after state police arrested three including a woman for abetting suicide of spiritual guru Bhaiyyu Maharaj, the state Congress unit on Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into the case. Madhya Pradesh Congress general secretary Bharat Porwal has written a letter to state chief secretary SR Mohanty demanding a probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to find out whether it was actually a suicide or murder.
“A letter was earlier sent to central government demanding a CBI probe into the case on which the government had sought comments of chief secretary. But the Indore police closed the case declaring it a suicide,” Porwal remarked. He said Bhaiyyu Maharaj was continuously being doped, which proves that someone else was using his mobile phone. So, an attempt to malign his character is being made, which is wrong. Only a CBI probe will unravel the conspiracy.”
Asserting that it was big game and real culprits are still moving scot-free, Porwal said police are trying to bury the matter by arresting Palak Puranik, Vinayak Dudhale and Sharad Deshmukh but they are just pawns. “Real culprits can be sent to jail only after a fair CBI investigation.”
Spiritual guru Uday Singh Deshmukh aka Bhaiyyu Maharaj committed suicide by shooting himself on June 12 last year. There were rumours that ideological differences between his daughter and the second wife drove him to take the extreme step. But on Monday, the police arrested three, including his lady caretaker, on charges of abetting the crime.
According to sources close to Bhaiyyu Maharaj, Shree Sadguru Dharmik Ewam Parmarthik Trust, Indore, has many branches across the country. These properties, worth crores of rupees, belong to the Trust. Besides, Bhaiyyu Maharaj had undisclosed partnership in many big businesses and Palak was aware of them all. That’s why she came close to spiritual guru and later forced him to marry her, they said.