Ruckus at Osho ashram in Pune as disciples with malas enter forcefully

First India Bureau of Solanki with a caption that he would have turned 19 on Tuesday. Solanki, who hailed from Ahmedabad in Gujarat and was a firstyear student of the B Tech (Chemical) course, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building located on the campus on February 12.

Pune: Several disciples of late spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh wearing “sanyas malas” on Wednesday forced their way into the Osho International Meditation Centre (OIMC) to protest the management’s purported plans to sell the Ashram land. Tension has been brewing between a group of disciples and the OSHO International Foundation (OIF) management which manages the affairs of the Ashram for some time.

His family had claimed he faced discrimination at the IITB for belonging to a Scheduled Caste community and suspected foul play in his death.

However, the inquiry committee set up by the IITB has ruled out caste-based discrimination and hinted at deteriorating academic performance as a possible cause of suicide.

"Darshan would have turned 19 today, if the institute had implemented all the policies mandated by law, reservation in faculty, mental health support, sentisation for savarnas, proper grievance redressal mechanism, etc. @iitbombay has failed you. #justicefordarshansolanki, (sic)" the APPSC tweeted.

On Wednesday, after more than 250 followers forced their way into OIMC. Police detained a man after he became

“violent” and tried to attack police personnel outside the ashram. He was not a part of the group of protesters but he became aggressive after the followers forcefully entered Ashram premises, police said. Followers of Osho have not been permitted to the mala--a string of beads with a locket--inside the ashram established by the godman for 23 years, according to a Newslaundry report.

OIF management claims that Osho had dropped the mala “long before leaving the body”.

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GST dept announces dismissal of officials through newspaper ad

Mumbai (PTI): The Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax department in a rare move issued a newspaper advertisement announcing the dismissal of three GST inspectors from service for their involvement in a fake raid on a trader, an official has said.

“It was the first time in the history of the GST administration in the state that an advertisement was issued to announce the dismissal