""Asharam, known to his followers as "Bapu" or father, told his
devotees that blame for the assault on a moving bus in New Delhi on December 16
should not just rest with her attackers. "This tragedy would not have happened
if she had chanted God's name and fallen at the feet of the attackers. The error
was not committed by just one side," he said in video footage which has been
widely circulated on the internet.""