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Surat Civil Hospital courts controversy with Asaram aarti
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|September 24, 2025
In a shocking display of what many are calling "blind devotion," doctors, nurses, and security staff at the New Civil Hospital (NCH) in Surat were seen bowing their heads and performing aarti before the photograph of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is serving a life sentence in multiple rape cases.
The incident, which took place on September 22 at the entrance gate of the hospital's stem cell building, has sparked outrage among citizens and rights activists. Videos of the aarti, which included bhajans and chants, have since gone viral.
This story is from the September 24, 2025 edition of The Free Press Journal - Mumbai.
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