Den omstridte indiske guru havde kilovis af guld og sølv gemt i sine gemakker
Police in India say they have asked two members of a trust linked to guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba to explain the source of a large amount of cash, BBC online reports Wednesday.
Police recovered 3,5 million rupees (ca. 400.000 DKR) from a car in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh on 19 June.
One of the trustees has told the BBC the money was donated by “alumni” of Sai Baba’s educational institutions. Sai Baba died in April, aged 84. He said it was in order to build a tomb in memory of him.
In a separate development, Sai Baba’s Sathya Sai Central Trust said it had recovered a large quantity of money and cash from his “personal chamber”.
“About 2,5 million US dollar (12,5 mio. DKR) of cash, 98 kg of gold and 307 kg of silver were recovered and deposited in the bank account of the central trust,” a statement released by the trust said.
Followers of Sai Baba believe he had magical abilities to produce objects out of thin air, visit people in their dreams, perform miracles and cure terminal illnesses.
But his critics say that many of these activities were publicity stunts. They say that he was a persuasive fraudster who used his huge popularity to avoid being investigated over allegations of murky financial practices and sexual abuse.
