Prakash was a cook at a hostel of the ashram run by Asaram in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara where the girl stayed and studied, while Sharad Chandra was in-charge of the hostel.

"Prakash and Sharad were accused of being involved in the conspiracy of the sexual assault on the 16-year-old girl at Asaram's ashram near Jodhpur Aug 15. They were being searched for," a police officer told IANS.