Ravi Shankar knows Art of Cheating not Living: Agni Shridhar
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oi-Shekhar Hooli
By By: Shekhar H Hooli
Director
Agni
Shridhar
(Agni
Sreedhar)
was
recently
in
news
for
his
fight
against
the
Karnataka
Censor
Board
over
the
release
of
his
movie
Thamassu.
Now,
he
is
back
in
news
once
again.
This
time
it
is
not
for
any
movie,
but
for
making
allegations
against
Ravi
Shankar
Guruji
of
Art
of
Living
Ashrama.
He
has
claimed
that
Ravi
Shankar
has
allegedly
acquired
the
15
acres
of
land
that
belonged
to
a
person
called
Mr.
Paul.
He
has
also
said
that
he
has
involved
in
several
illegal
activities
at
his
ashrama.
But
Ravi
Shankar
has
made
a
counter
attack
by
filing
a
case
against
Shridhar
stating
that
he
made
a
threatening
phone
call
to
him.
In
an
interview
to
Kannada
news
channel
Suvarna,
Shridhar
said,
“I've
called
him
over
phone
and
threatened
Ravi
Shankar.
In
fact,
I
visited
his
Ashrama
in
person
and
spoke
to
him
about
his
illegal
activities
and
I
also
said
that
he
would
hold
a
legal
fight
against
him
if
he
would
not
do
justice
to
Mr.
Paul."
The
social
activist-cum-journalist
claims
that
Ravi
Shankar
is
cheating
poor
and
humble
people.
He
said,
“Ravi
Shankar
is
not
a
guruji/swamiji
at
all.
At
least,
Nithyananda
is
a
swamiji
and
has
done
several
good
works
for
society.
In
fact,
Ravi
is
the
person
behind
Nithyananda"s
sex
scandal
because
these
days,
many
foreign
tourists
are
visiting
his
Ashrama
and
number
of
visitors
to
his
Ashrama
had
drastically
gone
down,
which
forced
him
to
trap
him
and
defame
his
image."
He
added,
“Ravi
Shankar
has
done
nothing
to
public/common
man.
Instead,
he
has
cheated
several
farmers,
who
have
got
land
around
his
Ashrama.
He
knows
how
to
tour
in
helicopters.
He
has
allegedly
made
a
huge
amount
of
property.
His
sister
has
got
18
cars.
Where
did
they
come
from?
He
knows
art
of
cheating
not
Art
of
Living."
Meanwhile,
Prasad,
a
senior
teacher
at
the
Art
of
Living
Foundation
School,
has
denied
his
allegations
stating
that
the
Ashrama
has
not
acquired
Paul"s
land.
But
he
admitted
that
they
have
bought
the
land
of
Vijay
and
Mohan
in
a
legal
way.
He
also
dismissed
his
claims
that
he
has
involved
in
several
illegal
activities
at
Ashrama.
Talking
about
Prasad,
Shridhar
said
that
he
had
not
seen
the
real
face
of
Guruji.
He
said,
“Prasad
doesn't
know
anything
about
his
activities.
Ravigowda,
Prakash
Jain,
Narasimhan
know
about
all
alleged
activities
of
Guruji.
Even
if
they
get
little
charging
from
the
police,
they
will
reveal
lot
of
information
about
his
illegal
activities
in
the
Ashrama."
However,
Shridhar
said
that
even
he
has
got
CDs
about
his
alleged
acts.
He
insisted
that
Swamiji
should
settle
the
land
issue
as
early
as
possible
and
do
justice
to
Mr.
Paul.
Otherwise,
his
fight
against
him
would
take
a
serious
mode
and
he
has
to
face
the
further
consequences.