The land trusts? The money? Who are the players? Maternal vs. Paternal sides of Maharishi's Indian family? A Western movement vs. Indians? A Pandit Brahmastan in the middle of India vs. Maharishi Smarak in Allahabad?
23 JANUARY 2012 00:20 PIONEER NEWS SERVICE | NEW DELHI http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/304796 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > When non-invincibility is established in consciousness, > bickering and greed prevails > and radiates into the environment. > > Jai Guru Dev. > > Members breach Yogi trusts with land deal > MONDAY, 23 JANUARY 2012 00:20 PIONEER NEWS SERVICE | NEW DELHI > > Several trusts established by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi are mired in > controversy following allegation of illegal disposal of their land. > The members of these trusts have alleged that huge plots of lands in > Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh were "illegally sold off" by > some trust members without any authorisation from the trusts. These > trusts became "non-functional" after the death of the founder in > early 2008. > A complaint filed by some persons, claiming as the real trust members > and disciples of Maharishi in the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi > Police, allege a prime property in the Golf Links was "illegally" > sold by their rival group in the trust. > > Maharishi's disciples allege that similar kind of "illegal sales and > land encroachments" have happened in Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh and Durg > ashrams, with the connivance of some relatives of the late spiritual > guru. They claim that such incidents started within a year of > Maharishi's death in February 2008. > > The late guru, who first started a television channel in India for > yoga and spiritual classes, had established several trusts like > Spiritual Regeneration Movement Foundation (SRM Foundation), > Maharishi Siksha Sansthan, Maharishi Veda Vigyan Vidyapeeth, > Maharishi Gandharv Ved Vidyapeeth, Maharishi Mahila Dhyan Vidyapeeth. > Most of these trusts have massive moveable and immovable assets in > India and abroad. > > Soon after the death of Maharishi, bickering started between the > trust members and followers for the control of the billions of worth > of assets. In the petitions to different authorities, his disciples > alleged that "all such illegal transactions were routed through > hawala transaction with the connivance of certain persons from > Yogi's ashrams located abroad." > > "Some people purposefully started activities to paralyse the > functions of these trusts to take away the properties according to > their wish. Several illegal and bogus land deeds were created to mint > money. Some land deeds were just bogus and buyers and sellers were > created to fool the government. Our request to the government is to > take over all the orphaned assets of the trusts established by > Maharishi," the disciples have said in their petitions to > Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax and various State Governments. >
