Probe reveals involvement of doctor and advocate: Cops

Rajkot: The investigations in the suicide case of 60-year-old mahant Sadhu Jayramdas Bapu have revealed involvement of two more accused — a doctor and an advocate, informed deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Praveen Meena here on Monday.
Police had formed four teams to probe the suicide case of the mahant who was found dead in his room at the ashram in Kagadadi village near Rajkot on June 1 evening.
“During the investigation, we found the involvement of a doctor of a private hospital who had not only hidden the information about the cause of death but also changed the time of mahant’s death in his report,” DCP Meena told media persons.
“Mahant was taken to the hospital at 10:30 am. But the hospital records show that he was brought there at 6 am and was declared dead at 8.15 am. Despite knowing that it was a medico-legal case, the doctor did not inform the police,” Meena added.
Police have also zeroed in on advocate Rakshit Kalola who is also one of the trustees of the Ashram. “Kalola was present at the Ashram when one of the accused Vikram Sohla had beaten the mahant. Moreover, Kolola reached the ashram immediately after mahant was found dead and got the deceased’s room cleaned and destroyed evidence,” a police official said.
A few days after the mahant’s death, a suicide note was found at his ashram room. Later, police had booked the three persons — Alpesh Solanki, a resident of Pedhavada village, Hitesh Jadav, a resident of Prashnavada village, and Vikram Sohla, a resident of Gandhigram — whose names figured in the suicide note.
Initially, his followers thought that he had died of cardiac arrest and cremated him the following day. But two days after his death, the mahant’s followers found a 20-page suicide note while cleaning his room. The suicide also had details about how he was being blackmailed by the accused using a video which showed him with a woman.