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.
