3 arrests in suicide case of Brahma Kumari sisters who alleged fraud by members of spiritual group

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Agra: Police in Agra have made three arrests in connection with the suicide of two members of the Brahma Kumaris who have alleged financial fraud by four people in the name of the Mount Abu-based spiritual group...

The two women Shikha (32) and Ekta (38) were sisters, and living at the Prajapita Brahma Kumari Ashram in the Jagner town of Agra district....

In the three-page note, addressed to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and accessed by ThePrint, the women identified the accused as Neeraj Singhal, said to be working with a private company in Mount Abu, his father Tarachand, a Jaipur resident named Guddan, and a woman identified as Poonam who resides at a Gwalior ashram of the Brahma Kumaris...

The women have alleged that the accused embezzled Rs 25 lakh donated by members of the Agra ashram, including Rs 7 lakh given by them, for a construction exercise related to the premises...

B.K. Karuna, director for information and public relations at Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya, Shantivan, Abu Road, said the institute was shocked about the circumstances leading to the suicides, adding that they did not have any prior information about the matter...