Haridwar: Ramdev's brother has been booked by Uttarakhand police for allegedly abducting a former employee of the yoga guru and thrashing him in captivity.
A complaint was filed by Somdutt yesterday against the yoga guru's younger brother Ram Bharat accusing him of abducting his grandson Nitin Tyagi, a former employee of Ramdev's Patanjali yogpeeth, and assaulting him, Kankhal police station Circle Officer Chandramohan Negi said.
Tyagi has been rescued and one person has been arrested in connection with his alleged abduction, he said.
On the basis of the complaint of Tyagi's grandfather, a case under sections 365 (Kidnapping or abducting), 342 (Punishment for wrongful confinement) and 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) of IPC has been lodged against the yoga guru's brother who is still at large, he said.
