Ramdev for CBI probe into missing guru

DEHRADUN: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday welcomed the Uttarakhand government’s decision to recommend a CBI probe into the mysterious disappearance of his 77-year-old teacher and Divya Yog Mandir Trust founder Shankar Dev who went missing from Haridwar in 2007.
"I am not afraid of any probe," said Ramdev, adding in 2011, he submitted a memorandum to the President demanding a CBI probe under the supervision of a sitting Supreme Court judge.
On Friday, the state government recommended a CBI probe into the swami’s disappearance. Chief minister Vijay Bahuguna said his government recommended the probe at the request of the saints of Bhartiya Sant Samaj led by its president Acharya Pramod Krishnan.
Krishnan accused the yoga guru of not making enough efforts to trace Shankar Dev. "He has been kidnapped and killed by aides of Balkrishna and Baba Ramdev with a motive to grab his property," alleged Krishnan.
Since his disappearance, the Divya Yog Mandir Trust is owned by those close to Baba Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna. "Both have deliberately avoided taking interest in the case," alleged Krishnan, adding although Balkrishna registered a missing report in 2007, they did not get the case investigated by police as it could expose their involvement.
Haridwar SSP Arun Kumar Joshi said a closure report was filed in April this year after police failed to ascertain Shankar Dev’s whereabouts.