Rajasthan: Sexual assault accused, 74-year-old Asaram Bapu when asked about an attack on an important witness in the sexual assault case against him and his son Narayan Sai quipped that he is responsible for all the attacks.

He made this statement to the media while being taken for hearing in a Jodhpur court on Wednesday.

Over allegations of raping a 16-year-old schoolgirl at his ashram, Asaram has been in a Jodhpur jail since August 2013. Later he and his son Narayan Sai were booked for the alleged rape of two sisters at their ashram in Gujarat’s Surat.

Mahendra Chawla, a key witness was attacked by some unidentified gunman at Sanauli village in Panipat on Wednesday in which he got critically injured.

Chawla had served Asaram for four years as a personal assistant.

Earlier, Chawla had deposed before the court against Asaram on his character and unlawful activities in his ashram on March 3 before Jodhpur court.

Notably, he is the fifth witness in the case to be attacked.

In January this year, Akhil Gupta, the cook and aide of Asaram, was killed on his way home from work in Uttar Pradesh.

Last year, Asaram’s physician Amrut Prajapati was shot dead in Gujarat. Three others have survived attacks on them.