Court orders arrest of ISKCON's former city president

March 18, 2005

Friday, 18 March , 2005, 10:11

Kolkata: A city court on Thursday directed the police to arrest former

president of ISKCON's city unit, Adridharan Das, for alleged

misappropriation of funds and cheating.

The Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM), Alipore, directed the police

to pursue the non-bailable arrest warrant, which was issued on December 9,

2002, following Adridharan's failure to comply with his assurance before the

Supreme Court to surrender before the SDJM on Thursday.

Adridharan had been accused of misusing his power as president of ISKCON's

Kolkata unit and was removed from the post. He then moved a petition before

Calcutta High Court challenging his removal, but the court approved his

removal.

However, it was alleged that Adridharan, without revealing his removal from

the post, had subsequently received huge sum of money and other favours in

the name of ISKCON.

Dayaram Das, who was appointed as new president of the ISKCON unit, filed a

case of cheating, misappropriation of funds and forgery against Adridharan

before SDJM, Alipore.

Adridharan, who then left for Bangalore, moved the district court there in

August, 2002, and prayed for anticipatory bail. The court asked him to

surrender before Alipore SDJM within 10 days. However, he failed to turn up

before the court and an arrest warrant was issued by SDJM.

His pleas for anticipatory bail were rejected by the Alipore sessions court

and then by the Calcutta High Court in November 2003. He filed a Special

Leave Petition (SLP) against the order before the Supreme Court, which

rejected his prayer on February 21 this year.

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