Lookout notice for Ramdev aide

Alerts have been sounded at airports,ports,major bus depots and border check points,especially around the Indo-Nepal borders,as Balakrishna is learnt to be of Nepalese origin. The CBI had started investigations into his citizenship after claims of him enjoying dual citizenship came to light.

The probe was handed over to the CBI two months ago after which a preliminary inquiry was initiated.

Officials said the Registrar of Sampurna Nand Sanskrit University,which issued the degrees,had informed them that the enrolment numbers mentioned in the fudged documents belonged to a different student.

Balakrishna’s two degrees,‘Purv Madhyma’,a high school degree issued in 1991,and ‘Shastri’,a Sanskrit degree in 1996,don’t figure in the university’s records,according to a official part of the probe.

Refuting the allegations against Balakrishna as baseless,Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust spokesperson S K Tijarawala said: “It is a design to malign those close to Baba Ramdev. Balakrishna’s passport is valid. He got it about 12-13 years ago. This is being done to pressurise us to give up the demand on black money. But we will fight against it.”