Govt takes back 10 acres of land leased to Asaram's ashram

Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad district collector on Tuesday took back possession of a ten-acre piece of land in Motera area here, which had been leased for 15 years to the controversial godman Asaram's ashram.

"We took the land back on finding that conditions of lease had been violated," collector Rajkumar beniwal told PTI.

The land, on the city's outskirts, had been leased to Asaram's ashram in 1999. The lease expired in February 2014.

After the ashram authorities made application for renewal, officials inspected the land and found that conditions such as tress should be planted there had been breached.

Asaram is at present in a Jodhpur jail after he was arrested in a rape case. He is also facing a rape case in Surat.