Palanpur: A saint from Chhathiyarda village’s Kabir ashram, around 5km from Mehsana, has announced of taking samadhi on Sunday within the ashram premises, between 10am and 11am. Sattsun Maharaj from Juna Vadaj of Ahmedabad will go into a state of absolute transcend meditation and claims he will not be buried underground.
While crowds have started gathering around the premises singing bhajans, cops are trying to control the situation.
Sattsun Maharaj, originally called Raju Karate before he took deeksha, had also contested on a BJP ticket for the post of a corporator in 2005, but lost. The saint has also been running karate classes for some time.
BA Parmar, inspector taluka police station of Mehsana, told TOI that the act of samadhi cannot be termed as suicide nor any IPC section is applicable in this case. However, cops have sent a notice to the ashram to maintain social distancing at the venue.