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Nirmal Baba Illegal money: Richie rich Nirmal Baba under scanner

He has preached to millions on television and solved their problems in a jiffy. But now he himself is in trouble, coming under the scanner of the authorities for his immense wealth. Nirmal Baba is in the eye of a storm after Prabhat Khabar, a Jharkhandbased Hindi daily, reported that Rs.109 crore was deposited in two of his bank accounts in just three months. After the disclosure, his bank accounts, where transactions are made from all over the country, have come under scrutiny. Denying any wrongdoing, Baba told Aaj Tak that he had more than double the assets of what was reported. "My annual turnover is Rs.234 crore and I have been paying income tax regularly," he said. The newspaper said Baba asks for 10 per cent of the salary from all those who visit him for solutions to their problems. He also charges Rs.2,000 from every participant who wishes to be a part of his commune, the report said. The money is transferred directly into three of his bank accounts - with three different banks. Prabhat Khabar claims Baba transferred Rs.53 crore from one of these accounts into a private bank. It also claims that he holds a fixed deposit of Rs.25 crore in a leading bank. But Baba denied all the allegations. "I never asked people to deposit money to solve their problems. I never assured them of any magical solution to their woes," he said. The daily claims the Baba holds two accounts - one in the name of Nirmaljeet Singh Narula (his real name), and the other in the name of Nirmal Darbar. Sushma Narula, his wife, is registered as the nominee. The report claimed that Baba transferred Rs.53 crore from one of these accounts. Baba, who was born to a Sikh family in 1950, is the brother-in-law of Inder Singh Namdhari, a former speaker of the Jharkhand assembly. Before he took to preaching sermons, he was a failed businessman in Jharkhand in the Seventies. He disappeared from the scene in the early Eighties and is supposed to have acquired his divine powers and developed an inclination towards spiritualism then, people who know him from his earlier life say. He advertises on 35 channels and has over three lakh followers on Facebook and around 42,000 followers on Twitter. The father of two offered to undergo a lie-detector test to prove his innocence. "Our aim is not to spread superstition but to lessen it and we don't provide any amulet, talisman or good luck charm to our devotees," he added. Meanwhile, two teenagers have filed a report against Baba at a Lucknow police station. Tanaya Thakur, 16, and Aritya Thakur, 13, said they wanted Baba punished for allegedly cheating ordinary people through his "impractical" solutions. The report says his activities fuel superstitious thoughts and are a "hindrance to modernistic thoughts". Reacting to the media reports, Baba Ramdev's aide Acharya Balkrishna on Saturday appealed to the people not to run behind various self-proclaimed godmen and instead, follow the good old principle of "Karma" (action). Referring to the recent controversy, he said people should believe in action and make efforts instead of running in the hope for miraculous relief. Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/illegal-money-richie-rich-nirmal-baba-under-scanner/1/184547.html
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Nirmal Baba moves HC against site

Faced with adverse online publicity, Nirmaljit Singh Narula alias Nirmal Baba has moved the Delhi high court against a website and an unknown hubber to protect his reputation. Justice Manmohan Singh has restrained www.hubpages.com and the hubber — Indijobs — as well as their agents, partners, associates, servants, employees, representatives, successors, attorneys and assigns from selling, leasing, licensing, writing, publishing, hosting, advertising, any content, existing or future, that is defamatory about Nirmal Baba written by anybody till May 5 — the next date of hearing in the case. “In failure to do so, the directions are issued to defendants No. 5 (registrar of the domain www.hubpages.com) to block the website hubpages.com from public access within India,” justice Singh said. The court also asked the site to reveal the identity and contact details and of the hubber - author of the article against Nirmal Baba. Nirmal baba in his civil suit alleged that Indijobs “deliberately” wrote defamatory articles about him with malafide intention of causing serious damage to his reputation.
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