Alleging land grab, Sabarmati Ashram inmates demolish ‘wall’

Ahmedabad, August 6 

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Inmates of the Sabarmati Ashram here today claimed to have demolished a "wall" which they said was built by the trustees of an affiliate body to grab a piece of land inside the ashram.

One of the protestors alleged that former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel’s son-in-law Jayesh Patel is one of the trustees of the Harijan Ashram Trust, an affiliate of the ‘Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust’, which he claimed tried to “grab” the said land.

Jayesh Patel has denied the allegations. Sabarmati Ashram is associated with Mahatma Gandhi, who had spent 13 years of his life at the facility from 1917 to 1930. A group of around 25 residents, who call themselves ‘Ashramwasi’ (permanent residents of the ashram) razed the under-construction wall located near a place iwhere the Mahatma used to live, said Dhimant Badhiya, a leader of the ashram's residents. — PTI