<p>Reports of the second potency test conducted on self-styled godman Asaram Bapu were positive, similar to the one obtained from Jodhpur last month, police said here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The potency test was conducted on Asaram today. We have received the medical report which is similar to the one obtained from Rajasthan," Joint Commissioner of Police Sector-I J K Bhatt told reporters here today.<br /><br />Incidentally, 72-year-old Asaram had cleared a potency test conducted on him in Jodhpur last month.<br /><br />Asked whether a lie-detector test would be conducted on the spiritual leader, Bhatt said that for certain tests, consent of the concerned person is required and Asaram has refused a lie-detector test.<br /><br />Earlier, the test could not be held after Asaram had refused to co-operate with the police.<br /><br />When asked if Asaram was cross-examined along with the victim during his remand period, Bhatt said that both of them were questioned, but not in front of each other as both denied to do so.<br /><br />Police, it was learnt, would seek Asaram's remand from the court tomorrow when his current remand period ends.<br /><br />Recently, the Surat police registered two complaints — one against Asaram and another against his son Narayan Sai — for rape, sexual assault, illegal confinement and other charges, as alleged by the two sisters.<br /><br />In her complaint, the elder of the two sisters accused Asaram of repeated sexual assaults during her stay in his ashram between 1997 and 2006 on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. <br /><br />The younger of the two sisters had filed a complaint against Asaram's son Narayan Sai, accusing him of repeated sexual assaults between 2002 and 2005 when she was staying in Asaram's Surat ashram.<br /><br />The spiritual leader was brought to Ahmedabad on Monday evening on a transit remand from a court in Jodhpur, where he was lodged in a jail since August, in another sexual assault case.<br /><br />The JCP also said that several people's names have surfaced during the interrogation, which lasted close to five hours today.<br /><br />Asaram's daughter today evaded questions related to the incident and said that she wanted to create her own identity rather than be known as Asaram's daughter.</p>
<p>Reports of the second potency test conducted on self-styled godman Asaram Bapu were positive, similar to the one obtained from Jodhpur last month, police said here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The potency test was conducted on Asaram today. We have received the medical report which is similar to the one obtained from Rajasthan," Joint Commissioner of Police Sector-I J K Bhatt told reporters here today.<br /><br />Incidentally, 72-year-old Asaram had cleared a potency test conducted on him in Jodhpur last month.<br /><br />Asked whether a lie-detector test would be conducted on the spiritual leader, Bhatt said that for certain tests, consent of the concerned person is required and Asaram has refused a lie-detector test.<br /><br />Earlier, the test could not be held after Asaram had refused to co-operate with the police.<br /><br />When asked if Asaram was cross-examined along with the victim during his remand period, Bhatt said that both of them were questioned, but not in front of each other as both denied to do so.<br /><br />Police, it was learnt, would seek Asaram's remand from the court tomorrow when his current remand period ends.<br /><br />Recently, the Surat police registered two complaints — one against Asaram and another against his son Narayan Sai — for rape, sexual assault, illegal confinement and other charges, as alleged by the two sisters.<br /><br />In her complaint, the elder of the two sisters accused Asaram of repeated sexual assaults during her stay in his ashram between 1997 and 2006 on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. <br /><br />The younger of the two sisters had filed a complaint against Asaram's son Narayan Sai, accusing him of repeated sexual assaults between 2002 and 2005 when she was staying in Asaram's Surat ashram.<br /><br />The spiritual leader was brought to Ahmedabad on Monday evening on a transit remand from a court in Jodhpur, where he was lodged in a jail since August, in another sexual assault case.<br /><br />The JCP also said that several people's names have surfaced during the interrogation, which lasted close to five hours today.<br /><br />Asaram's daughter today evaded questions related to the incident and said that she wanted to create her own identity rather than be known as Asaram's daughter.</p>