Surat police seize Rs. 8 crore, detain 7 Narayan Sai aides, PSI arrested, IT department seeks details

Surat, 13 December, 2013

Surat police have detained six persons for their alleged involvement in planning to bribe the police men, judiciary and jail administration for Asaram Bapu’s son Narayan Sai who is under custody in rape case. Police have so far seized Rs. 5 crore money. FIR has been filed against three including Narayan Sai.

According to the details shared by Surat police, one Police Sub Inspector of Surat police crime branch Kumbhani arranged meeting between Sai and Asaram Ashram spokesperson Uday Sangani in lock up. They were however unaware that their meeting was under close watch of police.

According to police, a decision was taken in this meeting to make Rs. 13 crore bribe money ready to help Narayan Sai.

Accordingly one Ketan Patel of Sahaj construction in Surat was approached and asked to arrange cash.

Police Sub Inspector Kumbhai was ready to change 42 bags of documents recovered from Ahmedabad based Asaram ashram headquarters. He was ready to wek the case. A deal in this regard was fixed for Rs. 5 crore.

Accordingly Uday Sanghani and others left Ahmedabad ashram with Rs. 1 crore cash and reached Gandhi circle in Surat where they contacted Kumbhani and asked him to take delivery of money. Sangani and others had documents for replacement ready in their car.

Police however reached there and seized the documents and Rs. 1 crore cash. Further recovery of Rs. 4 crore was made at Sahaj construction’s Ketan Patel’s house.

Ahmedabad ashram’s Bhavesh Patel, Puna village based Sadhak Upadhyay, Surat ashram’s Nareshbhai and others are found involved in this bribe case.

Updates at 10.00 pm
-More three crore are seized from Ketan Patel’s residence.
-ACP Parmar (D division) has been assigned probe to lookinto the case.
-PSI Kumbhani has been arrested.
-Income Tax department has asked Surat Police about Rs. 8 crore seized from Ketan Patel’s place.