KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The District Court, Sarlahi, has ordered the authorities concerned to take forward the investigation against Ram Bahadur Bamjan, the controversial self-proclaimed ascetic, by keeping him in police custody.

A single bench of Judge Bishnu Prasad Regmi issued a verdict against the controversial Bamjan, allowing the police to keep him in judicial custody. The self-proclaimed ascetic who hails from Ratnapuri, Bara, gained widespread attention and media popularity in 2005 as “a potential reincarnation of Gautam Buddha.”

In the court hearing on Thursday, Kailash Dahal, head of the Sarlahi District Government Attorney’s Office, argued from the plaintiff's side. Likewise, five lawyers including Kunchan Lama, Mahanidhi Sedhai, Dilip Jha and Amrit Kumar Lama put forth their arguments from the defendant's side.

Bamjan is accused of sexual abuse and the murder of one of his disciples. 

Superintendent of Police (SP) Prabin Dhital, chief of Sarlahi District Police Office, informed Republica that Bamjan has been sent to the jail in Mahottari due to the lack of space in the Sarlahi-based prison.  

 
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