After the shootout scare at the Art of Living ashram, inmates now have to deal with defamation threats by an unidentified person Close on the heels of the firing incident at the Art of Living (AoL) centre, the ashram staff is getting extortion SMSes from an unidentified person, who's threatening to defame the organisation if a ransom of Rs 42 crore is not paid. Gireem Govind, AoL spokesperson and secretary to Sri Sri Ravishankar told MiD DAY that the staff had been getting the SMSs for the past three days. They initially ignored them, but when the frequency increased, they decided to inform the police. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2010/jun/swami1.jpg" border="5" /> Govind said that some of their senior teachers in the ashram had been getting these calls. "We informed the police on Tuesday and gave them the mobile numbers from where we are getting the SMS." Police complaint When asked as to why a complaint had been given so late, Govind said that they had to first look into the matter and act carefully upon it. When asked if they suspected anyone, he said that the ashram people had no enemies. u00a0 This incident comes a couple of weeks after a huge ruckus was caused over an assassination on the spiritual guru. False alarm However investigations revealed that a farm owner adjacent to the ashram had aimed the bullet at a stray dog, and not Ravishankar as was earlier suspected. Inspector General of Police, Kamal Panth said that someone had called from the AoL administrative office around 7.30 pm) and informed about the incident over the phone. "I have asked them to file a detailed complaint so that we could initiate investigations, he said.

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After the shootout scare at the Art of Living ashram, inmates now have to deal with defamation threats by an unidentified person

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