From Sridham Dasa, Calcutta - Found on Internet

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>From the internet tonight.

 

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Dear Adridharan prabhu, Hare Krsna!

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

When you disappeared from Calcutta, I wrote you letters expressing my

doubts about Sattvik's managerial capacity and his dealings with

devotees, especially in relation to my situation. You simply ignored

the whole topic and instead replied only to that part where I had

written about Suresvar's implication in the alleged rape case, as

personally told to me by Sattvik. Instead of dealing with Sattvik's

behavior and his comments, you were simply hell-bent on proving to me

that Suresvar was an innocent person and that Basanti Devi was not

raped. You were so interested in portraying yourself as Mr Clean and

Suresvar as Mr Innocent. I was amazed as to how you were trying to

fool yourself when there were many instances when you, Sattvik and

Mahajan agreed and accepted that Suresvar was guilty of illicit sex.

 

1) You told Kuldip that "sex took place". 2) Sattvik personally told

me on August 11 at approximately 11am in the library room on the

fourth floor of our building at 3C Albert Road, Calcutta, that "sex

was there". This was also heard by Saci Dulal who was present there.

3) During Rathayatra, Sattvik also said that "there was consensual

sex". 4) While Suresvar was in jail, Sattvik told some devotees: "He

couldn't control the little thing between his legs and is therefore

suffering in jail." 5) Mahajan told two different devotees on two

different occasions: "danda to ghusaya tha" (translation: he inserted

his rod inside). First he said this to Kuldip, then to another devotee

who would like to remain anonymous because he is afraid of your

backlash.

 

So, there you have it. At least six times you, Sattvik and Mahajan

admitted that illicit sex took place. I recall reading somewhere in

Srila Prabhupada writings that as soon as something is repeated three

times, it is taken strongly. So here, you three top ritvik leaders

were doubly sure by saying it at least six times.

 

After disappearing for more than two months, you returned to the

Calcutta temple on September 14, a day after getting anticipatory bail

from the High Court for your involvement. Then we had a discussion -

you, Sattvik and I - on September 19. You called me into your office

after five days of planning your moves very nicely. You were there

with your crony and "yes man" - Sattvik. And there was Manohari as a

supposedly neutral observer. In that discussion, Sattvik, from the

word go, acted as if he had been taken by complete surprise and

completely denied making the statement "sex was there". No doubt, you

had your grounds well prepared. Later on, I realised that I had made a

mistake by putting faith in you and allowing you to act as judge when

your name itself has been recorded in the police report as an

accomplice to the crime. Obviously, you are going to defend the stand

that Suresvar is innocent, even if it is false. I should have realised

that Sattvik after all is your paid man and will surely parrot

whatever you want him to.

 

Although I have heard devotees talking about your dishonest and

duplicitous nature, this was the second time I was personally

experiencing it directly. The first time was on January 6 when you

called me "a liar" just for asking a question. That was my first taste

of blood. Although you knew that was a witness present - Sacidulal -

when Sattvik told me "sex was there", you didn't even want to ask

Sachidulal, although he was there around the temple at that time.

Somehow you decided to conclude that Sattvik was speaking the truth

and that I was a liar! Wonderful was the way you dealt with me after

10 years of dedicated service, working day and night, ha!

 

Then you brought up the topic of me campaigning against you purchasing

unlicensed, illegal, revolvers. I denied making such a campaign,

although I had told devotees that my disagreement with you was on the

issue of illicit sex and your support for the alleged offender. My

reasons for disagreeing are the above-mentioned instances when you,

Sattvik and Mahajan acknowledged before witnesses that there was

illicit sex.

 

I told you that I had never campaigned against guns. It's because I

was afraid for your security, after you had warned us many times that

ISKCON Mayapur may take over our temple. So although you might have

acted illegally in acquiring guns, I never took it too seriously, may

be because you had never harmed any devotee with those guns. Although

it is a serious matter, somehow or other I had overlooked it and had

no intention of troubling you on this point. Actually I had completely

forgotten about the guns. More troubling for me was why you insisted

on supporting Suresvar when your own Vice-President and General

Manager were openly saying that he had done wrong. Then these same

leaders turned around and started defending Suresvar, together with

you. To me, it all looked completely hypocritical and showed lack of

any ethic or morality.

 

Anyway, I told you that during the heat of the situation, I might have

spoken about guns to someone. Then you got Shankar as a "witness".

There was no witness, it would have been my word against Shankar's.

But I did not deny because, as I told you, there is a possibility that

I might have inadvertently spoken about this to someone. I cannot

remember it, but I am not a liar. I also told you that I was given

this info by Balai, the person who sold you the revolvers.

 

Then you called Balai who simply denied ever speaking about guns to

me. This was not a surprise, but I was upset, to say the least, that

everyone seemed afraid to speak the truth. And what was my fault? My

fault was that I was simply speaking the truth. So I became a liar in

your books, but now I want to tell you that I don't give anymore

credibility to your judgement. I am now seeing that you have broken

the last leg of religion which is truthfulness. There is no dharma

left in you or in your leadership. Later, on September 22 at around

8am, Balai expressed his inner feelings to me. He told me that he felt

bad to tell a lie against me. Not only that, he also informed me: "I

told Adri that I did reveal to Sridham about his purchasing guns from

me 200 times. I said, I am working with Sridam on my ads, he is my

friend." Instead of calling me back and straightening things out, you

asked Balai: "Why did you tell Sridham?"

 

>From this, I understand that Balai who is not a practising devotee

(although born to a Prabhupada disciple, Hari Lakhi das) but a paid

staff, has more conscience than you. He admitted the truth to me and

to you separately. But you, after 25 years as a devotee, 20 of which

as temple president, now a leader who is trying to reform all the GBC

and ISKCON leaders, seem to have no conscience left. It didn't bother

you that you are falsely calling me liar when it was you and your

buddies who are lying. What has happened to you, prabhu?

 

I would also like you to know that Balai also informed about how the

police dealt with him because of some complaint about this illegal

selling of unlicenced guns to you. If I wanted to cause trouble for

you, I could have gone to the police and told them about Balai's

confession to me - which incriminates you for buying illegal weapons.

I didn't want to put Balai or you in any sort of trouble. Therefore, I

didn't do anything about it, except for making some passing comment to

Shankar or someone else which you are using to call me a liar. Do you

still want me to prove that I am not lying?

 

After everything, you simply told me that I can do any service I want

except computer service. I fail to understand the logic behind this.

You were very tactful with me in your discussion. You had everything

well planned out as I saw that you were looking at the points in your

diary while you were speaking to me on these issues. You persuaded

Sattvik to change his stance. I am not surprised. You even lied to the

Indian government by signing a declaration on an ISKCON letterhead

that Sattvik does not hold any managerial position. Sattvik is obliged

to you. You didn't bother to call Mahajan to the discussion, although

he had also said that Suresvara had done wrong. Likewise, you ignored

Saci Dulal, although he witnessed Sattvik's admission to me. Sattvik

said this on his accord, in front of Saci Dulal. I personally feel

that Sattvik is not such a bad guy to lie outright to save an alleged

rapist. But I see that by your association he has lost his good

qualities. He is lying probably to save you. There must be evidence

that Suresvar forced himself on Basanti. Why the police had him locked

up for over a month and disallowed bail? You engaged the best lawyers

in Calcutta to work on this case, yet you failed to get him released.

 

If it was a false case as you claim, why wasn't it dismissed soon? One

week, two weeks, I can undertand. But locking him up for 35 days when

all reports showed "negative" as you claimed while the best legal

brains were working fulltime to get him released, using the funds at

your disposal? Why can't you come clean and admit the facts of this

case. After all, Basanti Devi is the widow of Dibya Golokanath prabhu

who served Sri Sri Radha Govinda for more than 15 years. Although he

and his family were not against ISKCON gurus, they served faithfully

under you - even after you filed a court case against the GBC and

gurus. She is a poor widow whose poverty was exploited by your

so-called innocent gentleman. I fail to understand why you are so bent

on covering up Suresvar? Did he know something about you which he

would have revealed? Or are you just going on a false ego trip because

your name was mentioned in the police report, so you want to prove to

the world that Suresvar is innocent, to clear your name?

 

Why can't you admit to the mistake that you shouldn't have sent

Basanti to Suresvar? How will that make you guilty of rape? If you had

sent Basanti in good faith that Suresvar would help her but that

rascal exploited her, that is not your fault entirely. So whatever

degree of fault it is, accept the punishment and finish the matter.

Why blame Basanti and others and support Suresvar? After all, you are

trying to reform ISKCON - to make it a more honest, truthful and

spiritual society. Would Srila Prabhupada support your stand on this

rape case? Your false stance makes me wonder whether you had any hand

in this incident? I hope I am wrong, but were you forced to protect

Suresvar because he knew some dark secret of yours which should not be

revealed, therefore you were forced to cover up for him again and

again? Suresvar was on that property on 22 Gurusaday Road for many

years, has seen and heard many things, and handled many monetary

transactions which no one else in the temple knows, apart from you. So

this possiblity is now coming to my mind more and more.

 

Otherwise, I cannot see any reason why an intelligent man like you

will go to such extent to protect Suresvar in this scandal. You didn't

protect Dinamani, another brahmacari of our temple, when he was

charged with theft. I was in charge of the guest house then and you

didn't even talk to me about it. When I came back from a preaching

program, I heard that Dinamani was already in jail. There was no proof

but you had already handed him over to the police. Even the police

couldn't make a case against him and ultimately he was released since

they couldn't prove anything against him. But in Suresvar's case, why

so much endeavor on your part?

 

When you started this ritvik fight, I had so much hopes for you. But

now I strongly feel that the biggest hindrance in the preaching of

ritvikism is your own behaviour. How can you even judge Suresvara's

case when your name is involved in the police report. You are a party

to the dispute, so how can you judge? When the GBC rejected ritivkism,

you were mocking to everyone "how can gurus judge a case against

gurus". And I agreed with you. Now I am pleading with you to practice

what you preached. You don't accept any authority. You don't accept

the GBC. So please tell me who is your authority? I think because of

all the unethical things you have done - purchase of guns, sending

Basanti to Suresvar and then taking a false stance against her,

falsely accusing devotees who hardly have any relation with Sureswar

of killing him, falsely accusing even myself of lying whereas the fact

is that you have lied together with Sattvik; I think the best thing

for you to do is to resign from all managerial positions that you are

presently occupying.

 

This is Srila Prabhupada's instruction: "Please accept my blessings. I

beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 20, 1972, and

I have noted the contents carefully. As you are temple president, that

is a great responsibility. So you must try to execute it with great

care. The main thing is that you must set nice example for the others

by following very rigidly the regulative principles, such as chanting

16 rounds on the beads, reading the books, getting up to attend

mangala aratrika, etc. In this way everyone shall be encouraged. We

must be so careful to train the devotees nicely. Now they have come

from the realm of maya to Krsna's place, so it is our duty to keep

them there, not that they shall again fall victim of maya." (letter to

Rajivlocan)

 

So, my request to you is please take a break and chant 16 rounds daily

and attend morning programs nicely in some temple without any

managerial position. Then Krsna and Srila Prabhupada may empower you

to reform ISKCON. In your present mood and no proper sadhana, you can

only deform, not reform. You were so enthusiastic in giving Bhakta

Rupa prabhu advice on chanting, but what about yourself? Doesn't

charity begin at home? Anyway, going by your present nature, I don't

think you will resign. But from now onwards, as far as I am concerned,

I am not going to listen to you anymore. I am not interested in

talking to you anymore. You have proven yourself to be an immoral

person with no integrity. For no fault of mine, you took away my

computer service, giving a bunch of lies as excuse. For all of

Sattvik's faults, he was not even questioned. It is apparent that

because Sattvic is your "yes" man, your paid man, you want to keep him

and because I know the truth which you find unpalatable, you want to

harass me and ultimately drive me out of your temple. You are simply

interested in keeping your post by hook or crook.

 

Prove your loyalty to Srila Prabhupada and then I will be obliged to

follow you, otherwise I am not obliged to you for anything. Henceforth

if you want to tell me anything, please do so in writing. I am sick of

you people changing your words and I don't have a recorder to record

every word you, Sattvik and the others say.

 

I was also warned that I may be assaulted. One reliable source told me

that if I go to the Gurusaday Road building, I will be provoked and

then beaten up for speaking too much. I am stating this for the

knowledge of all devotees that if anything happens to me, whether it

may be an accident or anything else, either in Gurusaday Road building

or Albert Road temple or anywhere else, you are the sole person who is

to be held responsible for any such incident. You are already treating

me like an enemy. This is very unfortunate for me. But what can I do?

There is no security for me now except Krsna.

 

What a character you are? Instead of protecting a widow like Basanti,

instead of protecting a dependent like myself, you are simply putting

us into trouble. I state again for the record, whether I die of

suicide or homicide, whatever it may be, any untimely death, or

physical disability, or accidental death or whatever, you are to be

investigated. I am sending this letter to GBC's, Bureau members and

other devotees. I request them to take appropriate action. I hereby

put on record that Adri may implicate me in some case, or harm me

physically, so I request all truth-loving Vaishnavas to help me and

pray for me.

 

I want everyone to know the truth about Adri's style of working. Hence

I request that this letter be forwarded to all appropriate forums,

specially the Women's Ministry. It would be best if they can send a

delegation or ask the GBC to send a delegation to investigate this

alleged rape case.

I also request Madhu Pandit prabhu to do some independent

investigation on behalf of the IRM and help sort out this issue.

 

I also request if someone can get Adri to at least let me use the

temple computer which he took away from me for no real reason. I

really need it to keep in communication. Otherwise, if someone can

help in some other way, I will appreciate it very much. If I have

communication facility, I can answer further queries. There are many

more things which I will be able to tell the world.

 

I do not want to leave this Calcutta temple in which I have served Sri

Sri Radha Govinda for 10 years. I request all authorities concerned to

direct Adri not to further abuse me physically or psychologically, or

implicate me in any false case. I pray to Sri Sri Radha Govinda and

Srila Prabhupada to give Adri some good conscience and detachment from

the post of temple president.

 

Your servant, Sridham das

 

[PADA: Wake up Adri, Milosovec had many generals who also went down

with him. You think just getting Milosovec is the end of the line, not

so.]