On the evening of Janmashtami festival in 2008, Jalespata Ashram was attacked by over a dozen armed Christian converts and Maoists. They had brutally murdered Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his associates.
The funds thus received were deposited in banks as Fixed Deposit (FDs), which were then diverted and misappropriated by the accused, thus cheating the donors and other patrons of the organisation.
After the converted Imam joined Church service, the mob demolished parts of the Church, including the roof, windows, benches, musical instruments and doors.
On December 20, a Christian father who was trying to seek justice for his minor daughter had narrated the sordid tale of his endless miseries in Pakistan