A retired Army captain was arrested on Monday for his alleged links with Pakistan's spy agency ISI and hawala agents.
The Enforcement Directorate today reached Tibetan leader Karmapa Lama's place of residence the Gyuto Tantric University and Monastery near Dharamsala to begin their investigation into last week's recovery of unaccounted foreign and Indian currency worth nearly Rs. 70 million.
Amid growing pressure to reveal the source of the unaccounted foreign currency seized from his monastery, the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, broke his silence on Wednesday and blamed the current police probe on a “misunderstanding.”
The controversy around the current Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, following the stacks of foreign currency found at a monastery he controls, may well strengthen the claim of his rival Trinley Thaye Dorje to be recognized as the 'real' Karmapa.
Union minister and former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh, on Monday slammed the state police for "leaking details of investigations" regarding the alleged seizure of foreign currency from the monastery of the Karmapa Lama.
Himachal Pradesh chief minister P K Dhumal today said his government cannot give any "clean chit" to Karmapa Ugyen Trinely Dorji, as central agencies are still probing the foreign currency haul case.
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Saturday denied giving a “clean chit” to Tibetan spiritual leader Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, in the matter relating to seizure of foreign currencies.
The security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has come to a "satisfactory" level and the number of militants operating in the state has fallen by half in the past few years, the Army said on Tuesday.
The Himachal Pradesh government today transferred the ownership of the palatial residence of Tibetan religious leader Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje to its name, but officials ruled out the possibility of taking physical possession of the property.
HT reports.
Who is the Karmapa?The Army has taken elaborate measures to safeguard the borders with China and Pakistan and does not see any reason for worry, a senior army officer said on Tuesday.
The office of Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorji has denied the deal for purchase of land by the Karmapa-backed Karmae Garchen Trust was "benami."
Amidst the mounting pressure to reveal the source of unaccounted money, particularly stacks of Chinese Yuan found at Gyuto Tantric monastery, 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje aides got into damage control mode.
Three days after Tibetan spiritual leader was caught in cash controversy, Tibetan exiles on Sunday rallied support for 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje.
Dharamsala businessman and hotelier KP Bhardwaj, who is believed to have struck a land deal with the Karmapa's trust, and a bank manager from Haryana have been arrested and are being questioned by the Himachal police.
A police team on Sunday quizzed 17th Karmapa-Ogyen Trinley Dorje at his transit home in Gyuto Tantric monastery to trace source of huge stacks of foreign currency amounting to nearly
Rs. 8.5 crore recovered during two days of raid at his office. Gaurav Bisht reports.