20 January,2014 04:19 AM IST | | Kaumudi Gurjar
The online petition demanding CBI enquiry into alleged mismanagement at Osho Ashram is going viral, with 2,269 Osho disciples from 80 different countries, including India, Germany, Russia, Tunisia, and South Korea, having signed it already. The petition has been uploaded at the online platform for community petitions named avaaz.org.
The petitioners, Osho Tapoban International Corporation, have demanded action and probe on several aspects related to Osho and the running of his ashram in Pune.
Swami Anand Arun
Swami Anand Arun, coordinator of Osho Tapoban International Corporation, spoke to MiD DAY from Kathmandu, Nepal and demanded that the Government of India initiate CBI or judicial enquiry into the points mentioned in the petition. The petition demands prompt action by competent law enforcement authorities against six administrators of Osho International Foundation (OIF), named in an FIR for allegedly forging signature of spiritual guru Osho and for creating his fake will.
Reacting to the petition, Swami Anand Arun who was closely associated with Osho for 40 years before his death, said, "These people, interested only in money, are racing to minimise the master's existence. Osho always said that his preaching, the way of meditation should not be trademarked or copyrighted. As all enlightened masters, he said he had rediscovered them and never claimed its ownership. He was also against naming a successor."
He said that those doing it are doing it to reduce Osho's popularity so that they can sell his property. When MiD DAY contacted Swami Mukesh Sarda to know the take of the Osho International Foundation (OIF) in Zurich, he refused to comment stating that the matter was sub-judice.
