CBI may arrest Ramdev's aide Balkrishna

Balkrishna, an aide of Yoga Guru Ramdev, may be arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday for allegedly furnishing fake documents to get his passport.

The CBI has summoned Balkrishna to appear on Thursday in connection with the case as he could not be traced at his residential address in Haridwar, sources said.

"He has been missing from his residence for three days. If needed, he may be arrested," sources said.

The CBI had earlier issued a look-out notice against Balkrishna after the agency registered a case against him under Section 420 (cheating) and Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) for procuring the fake degree. He has also been charged with violating Section 12 of the Indian Passport Act (knowingly furnishing false documents for getting a passport).

The agency had also approached the external affairs ministry, seeking the revocation of Balkrishna's passport as the educational degrees submitted by him have been found to be fake, they said.

Earlier, a missing persons report was lodged in Kankhal police station in Haridwar by Balakrishna's bodyguard Jayendra Singh Aswal.

According to the report, Aswal reached Balkrishna's Divya Yog ashram residence to accompany him to his Patanjali office on Tuesday, but Balkrishna asked him to go to the office alone, saying that he would leave later.

However, Aswal said, he waited till late in the evening but Balkrishna did not come.

After returning to the Divya Yog ashram, Aswal inquired about him, but his whereabouts could not be ascertained, following which he filed the report.