Delhi: The families of the two boys  who died at the Asaram Bapu-run ashram in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh came to Delhi on Saturday to meet the spiritual leader Asaram Bapu.
 
The families of the deceased Vedant Manmode and Ram Krishna Yadav were supposed to meet the leader late on Sunday night.

Krishna Manmode, father of Vedant, who was found dead inside the ashram on Wednesday, said that he has come to seek the blessings of the guru. Manmode, a real estate agent from Pune, said, "I wanted my child to grow up in spiritual environment.

His family has full faith in the guru and that was the reason why he had sent his son to the ashram. I never imagined that such thing would happen. But everything will be fine as we are meeting the Bapu." 

Yadav , who resided at Vishnu Apartment, near Swami Samarth Math in Sadashiv Peth, Pune had joined the ashram in Madhya Pradesh a month ago.

Meanwhile, the Madhya Pradesh police on Sunday claimed that a ninth standard student had killed two minor boys in the ashram.  M R Krishna, inspector general of police said that the boy identified as Rituraj Dixit (14) had admitted to killing the two.

Dixit killed Ram Krishna Yadav was killed on July 29 and Vedant on July 31.

The police said that Dixit apparently called the minors to the toilet on the pretext of giving them chocolates and took their lives by gagging them. 

Dixit had also bitten Vedant on the neck. The police after conducting the forensic examination found that the mark was of his (Dixit's) teeth following which he was arrested.

The police said that Dixit's mental condition was 'not balanced' and students used to tease him for being obese. He had taken admission in the school this year. He didn't want to study and wanted to go back to his native place in Chhindwara, the police said.

(Inputs from Agency)