A 29 August 2013 Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) wire report, carried by Business Standard and Gulf News, published four days before Asaram was arrested. It quotes him directly denying the allegations and attributing them to a political conspiracy against him ("I am not against any political party but people are telling me that 'madam' and her son are behind the conspiracy"), and quotes his statement that he was willing to face the consequences ("I'm ready to go to prison, that is also a kind of heaven for me"). Rajasthan Police had by this point served him notice to appear for questioning on 30 August 2013; he was arrested the following day.
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Tier one: a national wire service report carried by an established Indian financial daily, corroborated against Gulf News' mirror of the same IANS copy, which reproduces the same quotes. NotesRead directly, 14 August 2026, at Gulf News' mirror of the IANS copy. This is the article's own record of Asaram's pre-arrest response: a direct denial framed as a political conspiracy, plus a statement of willingness to be arrested. The allegation itself is not detailed in this source; see the Al Jazeera and Verdictum sources for the conviction and appellate findings.
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AuthorIndo-Asian News Service (IANS)
PublisherBusiness Standard
Publication Year2013
URLhttps://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/political-conspiracy-to-defame-me-asaram-bapu-113082900929_1.html
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This source names Rajasthan directly: "is also a kind of heaven for me"). Rajasthan Police had by this point served him notice to appear for questioning on 30 August 2013; he was arrested the following day."
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