We need a dozen Sherlock Holmes
State and Central Governments failed in their basic duty of protecting people from performers of falsehood and fraud, such as black magic.
Producing goods like gold chains, lockets, falluses, from thin air or from mouth is nothing but black-magic. The fraud becomes culpable when the performer knows that it was impossible to produce goods from air or mouth and he deliberately produces them by sleight of hand. The culpability can become extremely serious when the trickery is used to convince people that the producer of the things has the additional ability to cure ailments and make them to part with money and gold.
The accumulation of 98 kgs. gold and Rs. 115 million of cash (as disclosed by the open inventory and exclusive of the siphoned wealth) clearly shows that black magic was used to collect cash and gold. The wealth stashed by Baba was said to be about $ 15 billion.
Justice P.N. Bhagawati said in an interview that he met Baba in 1968 and that since then he was Baba's faithful devotee. The Honourable Justice was also made a member of the Sathya Sai Central Trust. How can it be that, the Justice could not see and recognise the sleight of hand being performed by Baba? He might have had opportunities on several occasions to closely observe the tricks performed by Baba. A moral if not legal duty rests on him to disclose whether he saw the production of gold chains by Sathya Sai Baba.
The Governments had by their negligence contributed to repetitive performance of black magic and crimes at Prashanti Nilayam.
Indian laws on Limitation , exempt crimes from the application of the usual period of three years limitation applicable to civil suits. There is no limitation for crimes. However, wherever the alleged performer i.e. the accused dies, the case abates against him. Mr. Sathya Sai Baba, had thus gone beyond the fence and pale of the criminal law in India.
A person can rarely perform big crimes single-handedly. Crimes are like businesses. Sole Traders can undertakes petty crimes. Partners can do bigger crimes. It needs a Corporate to perform grand and grave crimes. What had taken place at Prashanti Nilayam was, therefore, a group crime. Other members of a crime-group cannot escape prosecution on the ground that one or two members died.
After the departure of Sathya Sai Baba, Government seems to have regained a part of its masculinity. The activity it is showing in handling the cash of Rs. 3.5 million caught in an intercepted car, is one example. That Rs. 3.5 million may only be a tip among several tips of several ice-bergs. The investigators have monumentla work to do.
I get a feeling that at this critical juncture, we need -- not one Sherlock Holmes, but a dozen detectives of his calibre to trace out the disappeared and hidden diamonds, funds and gems.
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Please permit me to say the folloiwng.
The "Sai Baba" concept is of muslim origin in the sufi saint category.
Whatever the religious and spiritual implications of Sri Satya Sai Baba (SSSB), he did achieve the glory of a Moghal king that ruled India and lived the life of a Paadusha (Badshah). Imagine stashing 11 crores of loose cash in the office room, along with 100 kg gold. By some accounts his personal conduct over the years was no less indulgent. In a way he did restore the glory of moghal kings or close to home their once representative Nizam.
Placed in a bank the 15 crores of wealth could be earning about one crore rupees in interest per year. This disclosed wealth seems to be only the tip of the iceberg. It is interesting to note that there is very little public outrage at these findings.
Could some one address the issue if people really donate this kind of money voluntarily to a Baba? Are there any deals involved in such transactions? How does his income compare with Tirumala temple earnings? How many gurus in India today could claim this kind of wealthy opearations?
PS: You chose to call the materializations as black-magic. It can be considered simply as magic or trickery. My understanding was the word black-magic is used to denote "chetabadi" involving demon possessions. You can correct me if I am wrong.