The main eye witness in the Narayan Sai case, Mahendra Chawla, was shot at on Wednesday in Panipat by an unidentified gunman.
He was later admitted to a hospital and is said to be critical.
On April 16, the Gujarat High Court had granted conditional bail of three weeks to Narayan Sai, son of self-proclaimed godman Asaram Bapu.
Sai was accused of committing repeated sexual assaults between 2002 and 2005 on a woman who was living at his Surat ashram, following which he was booked under various sections of the IPC, including rape, unnatural sex, molestation, wrongful confinement etc.
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