India, Sept. 23 -- Surat's New Civil Hospital has dismissed a security guard after some people performed a puja ritual for self-styled godman Asaram, who is currently serving life imprisonment in two cases of rape, on the hospital premises, a senior hospital official said on Tuesday.

Resident medical officer Dr. Ketan Naik said, "No permission was given by the medical superintendent or by me for the aarti of Asaram at Surat Civil Hospital. We strongly condemn this incident."

The incident took place on Monday. A video, which later went viral, showed a framed photograph of Asaram placed at the building's entrance, decorated with flowers. In the video, several people were seen performing the aarti with lighted lamps and singing bhajans, wh...