Well, well, well...Buddha boy shows up. Not exactly the return of the prodigal son:
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=104913‘Buddha boy’ found meditating in pit
BY UPENDRA LAMICHHANE
NIJGADH, March 28 - Ram Bahadur Bomjon, popularly known as the "Buddha Boy", who stole the limelight after spending months in meditation, reportedly without food and water, has been found again, meditating inside a pit dug underground at Ratanpuri recently.
Bomjon, who had started meditation under a Pipal tree in the village, had gone missing since March 11, 2006, and again reappeared on December 25 the same year.
According to Inspector Rameshwor Yadav of the Area Police Post Nijgadh, Bomjon was inside the bunker-like square ditch of seven feet.
"We call it bunker," he said, adding, " Although it's seven feet deep, there is no lack of oxygen inside," said Yadav, who claimed to have seen him going inside it from close range Monday.
A police team, under the command of Yadav, had gone to the place after word of Bomjon being on underground meditation spread in the area.
"His face was clean and hair was combed well," Yadav said. According to him, "the bunker" has been cemented from all sides with roof of tiles.
Even as frequent "hide and seek" were continuing, some locals recently spotted him in the local forest on 9th March.
After his mysterious disappearance last year, his "disciples" had claimed that he had gone in search of a peaceful place for the purpose, as thousands of curious people began visiting him daily then. However, a few others had even termed it a ploy of his followers to earn popularity and money.
Indra Lama, a local, who has been deployed as caretaker for him since he began meditation, said the "bunker" was prepared as per Bomjon's order.
"After granting audience a week ago, he expressed his desire to meditate inside the ground; so we built it," he said.
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