Arrest warrant issued against Ramdev over beheading remark

New Delhi, May 13: A Rohtak court has issued a bailable arrest warrant against yog guru Baba Ramdev in a case over his 'beheading remark'. Ramdev had said if he was not bound by law, he could have "beheaded lakhs of people refusing to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai". Congress leader Subhash Batra had lodged a complaint against Ramdev a day after his remark. He was addressing a large gathering in Rohtak during a ‘Sadbhawana Rally’ organised to put balm on the riot-hit state after violent Jat agitation for reservation where he had courted controversy with his statement. Batra later moved court after the police did not register a case. The court had on March 2 summoned Ramdev for April 29, but he failed to appear. On Thursday, the court of additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) Harish Goyal directed Ramdev to furnish Rs 1 lakh personal surety during the execution of warrant and also to appear before the court on June 16.