SINDHUPALCHOK, Jan. 12 -- Controversial ascetic Ram Bahadur Bomjan, who has been accused of being involved in the disappearance of four of his disciples, has been preparing to visit Thailand.

Sources say that Bomjan, with his team, is going to Thailand to "collect cash offerings". "They have been trying to visit Thailand for the past four months. Their passports were made two years ago," said one of the followers of Bomjan's ashram in Indrawati Rural Municipality-5, in Sindhupalchok. Bodhi Dharma Shrawan Sangh Maitri, the non-government organisation founded by Bomjan, has started the process to go to Thailand to collect more than Rs10 million of cash offerings, he said.

Although Bomjan's team is planning to visit Thailand, police have b...