Bara, March 13:

No clue has been found on the ‘meditating Buddha boy’ Ram Bahadur Bamjan, who went missing on Saturday from the Charkose Jhadi at Ratanpuri of Bara where he was meditation under a peepal tree ‘without food and water’ for the past 10 months, till late this evening.

No clue was found in Bamjan’s case till late in the evening, Police Inspector of the Unified Security Base Camp, Ram Kamal Acharya, said.

The security team deployed for the search of Bamjan in the jungle areas around the meditation site returned without any clue, Acharya said.

The Bhoomisiddhi and Nagpooja, which were being performed according to Buddhist and Hindu rituals since Sunday, wishing for the return of Bamjan also concluded today.

A Buddhist woman, Lamu Holmo, of Kavre who claimed that Buddha has entered into her body today forecasted that Bamjan would return to the meditation site by Tuesday, a local said.

Bamjan’s mother, Maya Devi said she was hopeful that her son will return due to God’s power and her prayers.

She hasn’t taken food or water since the disappearance of her son. Meanwhile, the District Administration Office, Bara, today freezed the bank account of officials of the Om Namobuddha Tapaswi Sewa Committee in the Nijgadh branch of the Rastriya Banijya Bank.

It was a joint account of the officials of the committee — Ek Ratna Kunwar, Ashok Tamang and Baij Nath Gurau.

Acting Chief District Officer of the district Hari Krishna Khatiwada said the move was taken to prevent the misuse of the money collected from offerings made by devotees at the meditation site.

There is Rs 636,194 in the account, the bank informed.

Chairman of the committee, Bed Bahadur Thing, said the money collected in the account has not been misused.

The number of devotees coming to the meditation site was almost negligible today. Earlier, there used to be a crowd of people visiting the site considering Bamjan as an incarnation of Buddha or simply out of curiosity.