Monday, August 25, 2014

Sahaj Marg (tm) Leadership Accused of Extortion

Translation of an article from Alexis: "La SRCM devant la justice Indienne. Une tentative d'extortion de fonds", on Élodie's blog in Europe: Pour Que Vive Le Sahaj Marg.


Aug. 25, 2014.

Message from Alexis:

An Attempt at Extortion.  SRCM to Appear Before Indian Justice.
A short "press review" from Times of India, Pioneer (passing by Indore City) 



Commissioner Lodges Extortion Complaint Against SRCM.  Chennai.


TNN | Aug 24, 2014, 11.15 AM IST

BHOPAL:

Senior IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh and commissioner higher education, Sachin Sinha has lodged a complaint against Chennai-based Ram Chandra Mission for trying to extort Rs 10 lakh from him and his family. Sinha, an IAS officer of 1995 batch, said that he had been receiving threatening e-mails and phone calls. 

Shri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM) is a non-profit organization which provides spiritual training and has its international headquarters based at Chennai. Sinha has named Rajagopalachari, president of SRCM, his son PR Krishnan and Kamlesh Patel in the FIR.

On Thursday night around 10 pm, Sinha went to Habibganj police station and lodged a complaint. Police have registered the case under Sections 386, 294, 506, 507 and 34 of the IPC. A separate case has been registered under IT act at Habibganj police station. Sinha stated that he was associated with the organization in the past, but left after he found the activities suspicious.

He said that Rajagopalachari, Krishna, Patel and others threatened him and his family of dire consequences if he failed to fulfill their demands. Sinha told TOI that the people associated with the organization could also be involved in unlawful activities in different states. Few members of the organization are also in Bhopal, he added.

Police said that a team would be sent to Chennai after recording detailed statement of the IAS officer. He had been receiving threatening mails and phone calls since April this year, police said. Few days back, Sinha gave an application to the police. Later, on Thursday, he went and insisted for an FIR.

Sinha lives in Char Imli area while his parents reside in Arera Colony. According to the police, some people also shouted near his bungalow to frighten him. Few days back, some unidentified persons left materials used in funeral pyre outside hisparents' house in Arera colony.

Quoting Sinha, police said that the organisation has been banned in France.



August 24, 2014

Bhopal: The Commissioner of Higher Education Department, on Friday approached Habibganj police station and lodged a complaint against Chennai based spiritual organisation for allegedly demanding a donation of Rs 10 lakhs from him.

In his complaint, the Commissioner also alleged that they also threatened to kill him and his family members in case he did not provide the demanded amount. Following the complaint of the victim, the police have booked three people including director of organisation, his son and another person from management of organisation under sections 386, 294, 506, 507 and 34 of the IPC and charges of IT Act against the accused and started further investigation. TI, Habibganj GP Agrawal said that the complainant Sachin Sinha, 41, son of VP Sinha, a resident of D- 2/ 11 at Char Imli is posted as commissioner in Higher Education Department and earlier works in Home Ministry ( Statics) department.

Agrawal further said, Sinha in his complaint told the police that earlier he joined Chennai based Shreeramchandra Mission Ashram known for its yogic activities for meditation purpose. At the time of getting associated with the ashram located at 6 no stop in Shivaji Nagar he was told that no fees and donation was taken at the centre therefore Sinha took part in several activities of the ashram for several years.

Later when he came to know that due to some irregularities, the ashram was banned in France after which he left the centre. Meanwhile, from April 1 he started to get repeated phone calls and e- mails from director of organisation Parthsarthi Rajgopal Acharya, his son TR Krishna and Kamlesh Patel demanding donation of Rs 10 lakhs and threat to kill him and his family on condition of not paying the asked amount.

Subsequently, he approached Habibganj police station and lodged a complaint in this regard after which the police have booked three accused and started further investigation into the case while the call details and e- mails of Sachin Sinha will be verified by the police.



Sunday, 24 August 2014 | Staff Reporter | Bhopal | in Bhopal

 
sensational case of extortion demanding Rs10 lakh from an IAS officer who is posted as Commissioner in the Department of Higher Education in Madhya Pradesh has come to the fore in the State capital after the officer lodged a complaint with Habibganj police on Friday.

According to the police, the victim Sachin Sinha has been receiving threat mails demanding an extortion of Rs10 lakh for the past few months. In the complaint, the victim has claimed that he has received e-mails from Shri Ramchandra Mission of Chennai demanding extortion of Rs10 lakh and if he fails to provide the amount he along with his family would be eliminated. In his complaint, Sinha told police that he had joined Chennai based Shri Ramchandra Mission Ashram known for its yogic activities for meditation purpose.

At the time of getting associated with the ashram located at 6 no stop in Shivaji Nagar he was told that no fees and donation is taken but later when he came to know that due to some irregularities the ashram has been banned in France, he stopped visiting the ashram and since then he started receiving threatening mails.

SHO of Habibganj police station GD Agrawal said that a complaint regarding extortion e-mails has been received and based on the victim’s complaint a case has been registered and further investigation has been started. The police have registered a case under Section 386, 294, 506, 507 and 34 of the IPC of the IPC and 66 A of the Information Technology Act against Parthsarthi Rajgopal Acharya, PR Krishnan and Kamlesh Patel who are associated with the institute.

Agrawal informed that the possibility of an institute demanding extortion is suspicious and it seems that some miscreant might have accessed or has created a fake e-mail of the institute as several cases of the same nature have been reported in the past and number of such cases has increased significantly. Police said that the documents in which demand of extortion is made has been collected and would be investigated. The cyber experts would be roped in to provide technical assistance into the matter. Victim is receiving mails from April to till date.


Addendum as per comment received Aug. 30, 2014 (see comment section).  

This story seems to reflect some internal strife at the SRCM.  There seems to be some "trouble in paradise" between the management and a volunteer preceptor or a "prefect".  This is not simply from the "rank and file" but from yet another preceptor (the Sahaj Marg equivalent of a "priest" in Christianity): 
 
BHOPAL: The functionaries of Shri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM), Chennai on Thursday refuted the extortion charges levelled by senior IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh and commissioner higher education, Sachin Sinha recently.

Sinha, has lodged a complaint against the Mission for trying to extort Rs 10 lakh from him and his family. In his complaint, Sinha stated that he had been receiving threatening e-mails and phone calls.

The mission issued a statement terming the allegations baseless. The statement said, "Not only the charges are false, they have been levelled to tarnish the goodwill and image of the mission."

The complainant resigned from the post of a mission functionary and later apologizing for his action, he again requested the mission to grant him the position, said the statement.

Sinha was practicing the Sahaj Marg system of Raja Yoga till March, 2014 and was also a prefect (spiritual trainer) in the mission.

Though the complaint deals with allegations about donations and threats, Sinha had not produced any substantive evidence while lodging the complaint.

Mission is run purely on voluntary contributions till date. We agree complainant has submitted copies of emails received by him from a functionary of the mission demanding money and also received threats over the phone. However, these emails are sent from various email IDs which don't belong to the mission and has not been used by the concerned functionary ever. The complaint lacks documentary evidence.

The mission administration requested the police to conduct thorough investigation and take appropriate legal action against the complainant if the charges are found to be false.
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

When you're doing so much of research to publish article related to the SRCM, I think it is unfair if you do so selectively. Please post this link as well as an update, would you?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/SRCM-functionaries-trash-IAS-officers-allegations/articleshow/41170437.cms

4d-Don said...

Hi anonymous ...

Thanks for the "addendum" (Times of India - link) to this article.

We, who are spiritual, seek only the TRUTH, the REALITY.

We may never completely reach the "goal" of the "Whole Truth and nothing but the Truth" according to everyone, but we will always endeavour, as we have in the past, to publish any pertinent information (indicating the source).

(leaving out only the material which is not rational nor "understandable")

Don...

Anonymous said...

Hi Don,

Worries over organisational abuse are a very real concern once an organisation reaches a certain size. It's good to have critics keeping it in check.

Hope you're keeping well.

Patrick

4d-Don said...

Hi Patrick...


Doing as well as can be expected ... at my age!!
;-)

Sahaj Marg(tm), being very young and small by "religious" standards has more than its share of allegations of corruption. One could argue that it could be because of the availability of the "communication technology"...
and\or the societal corruption of its "birthplace".

The availability of information and the ease offered by search engines, is bringing about a "paradigm shift" among those who seek any type of morality as they journey towards the ONE-ness of the "Great Morality" ... or who search for any type of "unity" on their journey to the "great UNITY", the ONE-ness of ALL ...

It seems that we, sojourners, are going to have to find our way to "ONE" or to our "ONE-ness" on our own...

At least, most of us who don't want to follow the corruption (of materialism) so as to find the alleged perfection of "spirituality" ... or in the case of Sahaj Marg(tm) and SRCM, of the corruption of "spiritualism"... because we all now know that "spiritualism" is a scam ... It has been debunked over and over over the past few centuries ... It is not REALITY at all ... Spiritualism is not Spirituality.

Thanks for the comment...

Don...



Y.V.CHALAPATHY RAO said...

Dear brothers
Has any one of you practised Sahajmarg Sadhana-Natural path at least for one day correctly as prescribed by Babuji Maharaj,Chariji Maharaj and by the present Master shri KamleshPatel.D
I AM A SAHAJMARG SADHAK /ABYASI PRACTISING SAHAJMARG SADHANA FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS AND I AM SHOCKED,PERPLEXED AND BEWILDERED BY YOUR IMAGINERY AND CHILDISH, BASELESS COMMENTS.

FIRST OF ALL HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK TRUTH ETERNAL WRITTEN BY LALAJI MAHARAJ(SHRI RAMCHANDRIJI MAHARAJ OF FATEGARH,ADIGURU OF SAHAJMARG. HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK "REALITY AT DAWN" WRITTEN BY THE SPECIAL PERSONALITY SHRI RAMCHANDRAJI MAHARAJ OF SHAHJAHANPUR. HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK MY MASTER WRITTEN BY THE DIVINE MASTER SHRI PARATHASARATHI RAJAGOPALACHARIJI MAHARAJ.
DID YOU DO MEDITATION IN SHAHAJANPUR ASHRAM OR IN MANAPPAKKAM ASHRAM . DID YOU SIT NEAR THE SAMADHI OF LALAJI MAHARAJ IN FATEHGARH.
DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS TRANSMISSION BY GURUJI-MASTER IN SAHAJMARG,WHEN YOU SIT FOR MEDITATION INDIVIDUALLY OR IN SATHSANGH,WITH OTHER ABHYASIS. DO YOU KNOW THAT IN BHANDHARAS(3 DAYS-BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONSCONDUCTED IN FEBRUARY AND IN APRIL AND IN JULY EVERY YEAR, THERE IS DOWN POUR OF GODLY LOVE,WHICH FILLS THE HEARTS OF ALL THE PARTICIPANTS WITH GODLY LOVE AND HUMANITY THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION GIVEN BY OUR DIVINE MASTERS .DO YOU KNOW ALL THE ANGELS IN THE WORLD CRAVE FOR THIS TRANSMISSION, AS STATED BY LORDKRISHNA IN BHAGAWATHGITHA"SUDARDARSHAMIDHAM,
RUPAM ,DHRUSHTAVANASIYANMAMA,DEVA APPASYA RUPASYA NITHYAM DARSHANA KANKSHINAHA"(GO TO CHAPTER 11 SLOKA 52),WHICH YOU PEOPLE DO NOT DO. BUT WANT TO SEE YOUR NAME HERE. NAMES OR NAMES HERE WHAT A TRAGEDY. IN THE LAND WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE AS ABHYASIS OF SRCM ARE CRAVING FOR GOD REALIZATION, PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE CHILDISHLY SPOILING THE NATURAL ATMOSPHERE BY YOUR CHILDISH ACTIVITIES LIKE THIS, UNFORTUNATELY, WITHOUT KNOWING THAT YOU ARE COMMITTING A GRAVE MISTATE AND SIN.in THE PROCESS YOU RE DISTURBING THOSE ABHYASIS WHO ARE SERIOUSLY PRACTISING HERE FOR GOD REALIZATION. Desist from making comments against sahajmarg MASTERS ,LEST LEGAL ACTION SHALL FOLLOW,FOR LOWERING THE IMAGE OF SAHAJMARG.if YOU WANT TO PRACTICE AND SEE AND SENSE GOD HERE IN SHRI RAMCHANDRA MISSION,YOU ARE ALLWAYS WELCOME. YOU WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO READ THE LITERATURE FIRST AND AFTER WE ARE CONVINCED THAT YOU ARE CRAVING FOR GOD REALIZATION, WE SHALL TEACH YOU AS TO HOW TO DO MEDITATION"DHYANA".STOP THIS SHOWBIZ ACTIVITY WHICH WILL LEAD YOU ALL TO PUNISHMENT UNDER LAW IN THIS WORLD AND FURTHER PUNISHMENT BY NATURE,AS PER NATURES LAW.MR.DON TO KNOW THE TRUTH -LORDS DEVOTEES FALL AT THE FEET OF THE GODLY SAINTS AND YOU ARE CHILDISHLY WRITING DEFAMING AN ORGANIZATION.PLEASE DESIST FROM DOING THE SAME IN FUTURE.WHO ARE YOU TO CRITICISE MR.PATRICK.GIVE ME YOUR ADDRESS TO CLEAR ALL YOUR DOUBTS.ANONIMOUS- YOU ARE NOT FIT TO GUIDE A SPIRITUAL ORGANIZATION LEAD BY GODLY MASTERS.
TAKE NOTICE ACCORDINGLY,.
Y.V.CHALAPATHY RAO,B.SC.,LL.M., ABHYASI SRCM-ADVOCATE
195,PADMANABHANAGAR,
HYDERABAD-500028, A.P., INDIA
CELL NO.7731894940 OR LAND;040+23523103

4d-Don said...

Hi Y.V. Chalapathy Rao...

If you relax for a moment, you will notice that this article is a translation of an article by Alexis (Europe) on Elodie's blog (In Europe)... That article is from an article by the Times of India...

I present this article on my blog for information and discussion ...

I have read the books you mentioned above (except for Chari's) and I (and most of us) have practiced Sahaj Marg and left it and Babuji a long time ago...

Now your "YELLING" (all caps) does not reflect well the "saintliness" of your Masters, nor the moral values of the system you claim puts one in contact with the DIVINE ... Is your "god" also a "YELLER" (all caps)?

Chari and his Sahaj Marg system even made Patel "angry" ... is he wrong too?? He claims he will "fix" this corrupt Sahaj Marg system. I agree with him and encourage him ... FIX IT, don't try to shut up those who complain.


If the TIMES of INDIA has defamed your group, then complain to (and threaten?) them, not those who read the article and who put it in a blog as information and for discussion ...

You seem very angry at what your master alluded to "the trials of life" which are supposed to help you reach a "holy" state of BEING!! You are much like Chari who calls us the "enemies of Spirituality"... We are in REALITY the "enemies of SPIRITUALISM" Spiritualism or "SPIRITISM", is not the same as SPIRITUALITY. Sahaj Marg has become the group with a MEDIUM and many "spirits" of the dead who send messages to the "gullible". Spiritualism is a SCAM...

Somehow, I think you must have missed that most important lesson in your 30 years of sitting on your butt ... (and/or lacking of oxygen? as claimed by Chari (and Lalaji??) about SRCM and Sahaj Marg)

See here and READ the article at this link, on this blog:

http://4d-don.blogspot.ca/2009/06/lack-of-oxygen-causes-spiritual.html

Go back and re-read your material rather than preaching at the FREE THINKERS who are not swayed by such "fantasies" ... We know of what we speak, we were like YOU!!

Desist from making threats ... you are not BEING very "holy", and you sound more "arrogantly holier than thou".

Still trying to shut up the messenger??

Don...