Balkrishna Acquitted In 15-Year-Old Forgery Case

A CBI court in Dehradun acquitted Acharya Balkrishna, close aide of Baba Ramdev, in a 15-year-old case involving alleged forged documents used to obtain an Indian passport. Co-accused Naresh Chandra Dwivedi was also acquitted. The CBI had registered the case in 2011 following allegations that Balkrishna was a Nepali national who used forged documents.