Firebrand VHP leader Praveen Togadia was arrested on Friday night along with his supporters by the Orissa Police as they tried to enter riot-hit Kandhamal district, defying a ban on their visit.

After the Special Investigation Team (SIT) issued summons to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 riots in the state, other members of the state BJP government are seemingly courting trouble as well.

Curfew was on Monday relaxed by the authorities for some time as no untoward incident was reported in this industrial town, which witnessed violence over publication of a picture of Jesus Christ in an allegedly objectionable manner.

The Asaram ashram was in news last year when two boys from the ashram went missing and their bodies were recovered from the banks of river Sabarmati.

Some Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) workers were detained ahead of Monday’s 'bandh' call given by the Sangh Parivar outfit to protest the gangrape of a teenager in Surat.