Peace eludes, conflict pervades Iskcon

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BANGALORE: Commotion prevailed in front of ISKCON temple here on Friday evening when the temple president and his followers denied..

BANGALORE: Commotion prevailed in front of ISKCON temple here on Friday evening when the temple president and his followers denied entry to ISKCON Mumbai's supervisory committee.
The governing council of ISKCON had set up a fourmember committee to inspect the Bangalore office. A court order dated May 24 had ruled that the functioning of ISKCON Bangalore, including its president, was not be interfered with. However, the governing council of ISKCON had set up a fourmember committee to inspect the Bangalore office. When the team reached the temple premises at around 5.30 pm on Friday, ISKCON Bangalore President Madhu Pandit Dasa and his followers blocked the entrance.Eyewitnesses said the situation had become hostile. The supervisory committeeled by Dayaram Das and Varadakrishna Dasfaced heat not only from behind the temple gate but also from the commuters, who kept honking as the traffic went haywire. The committee thus retreated.

Dasa said through media he got to know about the supervisory committee's impending visit on Friday. He said the court had granted him time and the committee could not just come in and demand unrestricted access to documents and people. He said in Kolkata the documents had been tampered with and the leader there had thus been unfairly ousted from the organisation. He mentioned that the Bangalore office had receipts to the tune of `100 crore, spent over the past decade and he did not want the receipts here to be tampered with.

However, a member of ISKCON Sheshadripuram, who had accompanied the committee, alleged that the devotees manhandled the committee members. He said the supervisory committee had informed the police about their visit and sought protection but only a few policemen were present there, who too did not come to their rescue.