Dhenkanal: A godman was arrested and his illegal ashram running inside Sundarakhol Reserve Forest under Kamakhyanagar West Forest Range in Dhenkanal district was sealed by the forest department on Wednesday.
The godman identified as Ananta Charan Das alias Khandia Baba had constructed the ashram illegally on encroached forest land. A special team of the forest department conducted a raid at the place and sealed the ashram.
Das, a native of Baulpur village, was reportedly a cloth merchant. After losing his hand in a bomb blast, he started to live as a hermit. Forester Pradipta Kumar Bhanja informed that the illegal ashram will be demolished.
