The organization of Ram Bahadur Bomjon has gone to political leadership to not take action against him after news reports about rape by him and disappearance of persons from his ashrams.
Office-bearers of Bodhi Shrawan Dharma Sangh, the association of Bomjon's followers, met former prime minister and CPN Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on December 28 and submitted a memorandum letter. They also handed the memorandum letter to Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa before meeting Dahal.
The memorandum accuses Setopati and other media publishing news reports about Bomjon of attacking religious tolerance. "Serious allegations of disappearing persons have been made against Mahasambodhi Dharma Sangh Gurujyu in a planned manner by the media under leadership of Setopati Online News (sic) and Kantipur Daily with a vested interest of attacking religious tolerance," the memorandum letter states.
"We protest these unjust and cowardly activities in front of our brothers and sisters and the global community, and present this friendly memorandum letter to draw the attention of the government through dear chairman to take steps for stopping the activities toward stoking communal violence."
Four separate police complaints have been registered in different districts claiming that family members have disappeared from Bomjon's ashram after Setopati published a news report titled 'Series of sexual exploitation and violence in Bomjon's ashrams' documenting how four persons are missing from his ashram.
