A forty five-year-old self-proclaimed yoga guru, who just lately returned from Goa and arrange an ashram in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district, has been arrested for allegedly possessing almost 2 kilograms of hashish after allegations emerged that medication have been being peddled on the premises. The accused had returned after spending a decade in Goa, the place he ran ‘The Krantis’, instructing what he known as Kranti Yoga to many, together with foreigners.
The accused, Tarun Kranti Agrawal alias Sonu, just lately bought a property spanning 5 acres of land close to the Pragya Giri hills, positioned barely two kilometres from the Dongargarh temple, additionally a well-liked vacationer vacation spot.
A couple of months later, Kanti started development work to arrange an ashram on the premises. Nevertheless, earlier this month, the native Dongargarh police began receiving complaints about medication allegedly being served on the premises to minors and vacationers. In line with the police, it was additionally alleged that some children on the place have been carrying knives.
“We acquired details about illegal actions happening on the premises, after which we raided the place on June 25. We discovered 1.993 kg of hashish in his possession. He was arrested beneath the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and remanded to judicial custody. We suspect he was promoting medication on the premises,” stated the Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police, Mohit Garg.
Agrawal’s dad and mom are businessmen, and he’s a local of Dongargarh. He left his house twenty years in the past, police stated.
“Agrawal claimed earlier than us (the police) that he has visited many international locations and runs 10 NGOs. We shall be seizing his passport, and we’ve got acquired details about a couple of NGOS that he’s referring to. We’ll verify the actions of those organisations,” stated an official.
Agrawal has been booked beneath part 20 B (produces, manufactures, possesses, sells, purchases, transports, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or makes use of hashish) of the NDPS Act.