India will host the 2036 Olympics, and the grand event is all set to happen in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Looks like the preparations have also begun. The news about lands being acquired for the event has now made headlines. The Olympic Village will be built near the Narendra Modi Stadium, and a lot of land is required for the same. As per some reports, rape convict Asaram Bapu’s land is also among the lands being acquired for the 2036 Olympics. Read here to know more about it.
The 2036 Olympics will take place in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Sardar Patel Sports Enclave and Olympic Village will be developed on 280 acres near the biggest stadium in the world, the Narendra Modi Stadium. And some 240 acres in Bhat and Sughad will also be needed for the Olympics. Many lands are now being acquired to build the Olympic Village and as per the Times Of India reports, some of the land also belongs to the rape convict Asaram Bapu. The rape convict’s ashram land is among the lands being taken for the 2036 Olympics, as per the news report. The land is Motera and Samaj, and Sadashiv Pragya Mandal ashrams will be relocated to another place.
As per the reports, the responsibility of overseeing the land acquisition will be taken care by a three-person committee appointed by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
For the unversed, Asaram Bapu was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Jodhpur in 2018. He was held accused in a rape case. He was held guilty of raping a 16-year-old in his ashram.
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However, he often gets interim bail and also is grated paroles at regular intervals.