A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding an inquiry into the money laundering of the Sai Baba Sansthan Trust (Nashik). The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has filed a petition alleging that the trust money withdrawn for expenses during the 2015 Nashik Kumbh Mela has been exaggerated more than the actual purchase in the account. After dismissing the petition from the Aurangabad bench of the High Court, the committee has filed this special permission petition in the Supreme Court.
The committee has filed a petition through advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, saying that Simhastha Kumbh Mela took place in Nashik in 2015. The money spent by the Sai Baba Institute in this fair has been tampered with. The purchase has been described as exaggerated. It is said that the Sri Sai Sansthan Trust has been formed under the Sri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust (Shirdi) Act 2004. Under this, temple management takes place. If the trust has to spend the money from the temple’s offerings, donations etc., then it has to first obtain permission for it by applying to the High Court.
The petitioner states that due to political pressure, however, no further action was taken. The petitioner says that he is a religious and social organization and when he came to know about the misappropriation of money, he gave a memorandum to the Government of Maharashtra and made the expenses and purchases in the Kumbh Mela and the remaining goods of the Kumbh Mela management to be given to the police. Demanded a level inquiry. But there was no response to the memo, then filed a petition in the High Court. The High Court dismissed without considering the facts
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