Godmen involved in illegal activities should be hanged to death: Ramdev

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev opined that self-styled godmen or 'Babas' involved in illegal activities should be hanged to death for violating the limits of their work.

"Whoever violates those limits should not only be sent to jail, but should be hanged till death. There should not be any compromise on this," Baba Ramdev told media here.

The Yoga guru further stated that donning saffron-coloured clothes is not the only criteria for being a religious leader.

"Every profession has its own limitation. There is a protocol for every job same is with thebabas. Just by donning saffron clothes, one cannot be called ababa.It is all about character," he added.

Baba Ramdev's reaction came after another case of rape and fraud surfaced against a self-styled godman.

Daati Maharaj, a self-styled godman, has been accused of raping a disciple inside Shani Dham two years ago.A woman, in her complaint filed last Sunday in south Delhi, alleges that Daati Maharaj repeatedly raped her at his ashrams in Delhi and Rajasthan two years ago.

Daati Maharaj denied these allegations against him,police said. A senior police officer said that he has been asked to appear again for questioning on Friday.

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The woman has told the police that she had been a disciple of Daati Maharaj for a decade but after she was raped by him, she returned to her home in Rajasthan.