Now, Rs 18 crore fine on Asaram's Surat ashram

September 03, 2013 09:58

CNN-IBN reports: There are more tough days for Asaram who will spend the next fortnight in the custody for alleged sexual assault on a minor girl.

The Gujarat government on Monday has moved to levy a Rs 18 crore fine on Asaram's Jahangirpura Ashram in Surat.

The self-styled godman has been accused of encroaching on land which was reserved for a water harvesting project.

Asaram has allegedly encroached a 34,000 sq metre land in Surat's Jahangirpura for his ashram.

The Surat collector has now moved to slap a fine of Rs 18 crore on Asaram. Asaram has been fined for not paying rent to the Gujarat government for the period between 1996 and 2010.

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