Isha Foundation: T.N. police files status report in Supreme Court, gives details of cases registered in 15 years
The Hindu
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The Coimbatore Police have filed a status report in the Supreme Court giving details of cases registered in connection with Isha Foundation founded by Swami Jaggi Vasudev in the past 15 years.
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The details include complaints, according to the 23-page report, about “persons who came there for courses and found missing, etc”.
The report filed by K. Kartikeyan, Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu, informed that a total of six missing cases were registered in the jurisdictional Alandurai Police Station with respect to the Isha Foundation in 15 years. Out of the six, five cases were closed as “further action was dropped”. One case is still under investigation “since the missing person is not yet traced”.
Further, seven cases were registered under Section 174 (police to enquire and report on suicide, etc) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. “Out of which two cases are under investigation for want of forensic lab report,” the status report said.
The police said a neighbour has approached the Madras High Court for the removal of a crematorium being constructed by the Foundation. The case is pending. The crematorium is presently not functioning.
The report gave details of a POCSO case registered by a local school principal against a doctor who was employed by ‘Isha Outreach’. The doctor was arrested and denied bail. The case is under investigation.
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