Overview

• Video from September 22 shows followers performing aarti around Asaram’s photograph at the stem cell building entrance, with some hospital staff visible.
• Administrators say permission had been granted only for distributing fruits to patients, not for erecting a photo or conducting worship.
• The on-duty security guard was dismissed, and additional personnel faced action with removals or suspensions reported pending review.
• Hospital management announced an internal probe to identify those involved and said police assistance has been sought, according to officials.
• New rules require written approval for any programme on campus and bar religious events, as activists criticized the display as hurtful to survivors of sexual violence.