Another day ... another Brahma Kumari centre fighting over some family's property, and the Will of a deceased member. This time in Bangalore City. World Renewal Spiritual vs Smt P. Sunitha on 23 May, 2020.
How blatant is this persistent modus operandi of theirs? As per their modus operandi, as we saw in a recent case in London, the Brahma Kumaris had held on to a copy of the Will.
All sounds very par for the course in our experience.
Interesting quotes from the case, however. It seems in this case, as they often do, they targeted an older woman on her own, whose husband had died intestate. The case examines the issue of "undue influence", however, it appears the family were unable to provide proof of it.
The Brahma Kumaris won the case and got the deceased money and property, planning to knock it down to build a new centre.
What's outstanding in this one, is that the Brahma Kumaris are writing wills in English, and then getting Hindi speakers to sign them.
How blatant is this persistent modus operandi of theirs? As per their modus operandi, as we saw in a recent case in London, the Brahma Kumaris had held on to a copy of the Will.
It is stated that the aforesaid Brahma Kumari Mala, who is the resident of same locality has be friended with Lalithamma under the guise of giving company to her for ever day walk and in this process she has collected personal information and background including the details of assets owned by [the deceased] and gradually gained her confidence. In this way, Brahma Kumari Mala has played fraud and pavital role in creating the alleged Will Deed in collusion with the plaintiff trust
It is stated that the plaintiff trust has been involved in brain washing the minds of innocent public in the name of spiritual activities by propagating that one should not have any kind of attachment with the family members and relatives and also one should not have attachment to any property. In this way, the plaintiff trust has been involved in misleading the innocent public and forcing them to part away with their valuable properties in its favour.
All sounds very par for the course in our experience.
Interesting quotes from the case, however. It seems in this case, as they often do, they targeted an older woman on her own, whose husband had died intestate. The case examines the issue of "undue influence", however, it appears the family were unable to provide proof of it.
The Brahma Kumaris won the case and got the deceased money and property, planning to knock it down to build a new centre.
It is alleged that the plaintiff trust is of the habit of amassing the properties and gulfing the properties of innocent public.
It is denied as false that the plaintiff is a public Charitable Trust and conducting Raja Yoga meditation and other spiritual classes. At various branches in Bengaluru including its branch at Srinagar for the last three decades.
According to the defendants, the plaintiff trust has been involved in amassing the wealth of innocent public in the name of spiritual activities and it has cheated many people and incurred a bad opinion amongst the general public.
it is denied as false that during her life time, [the deceased] left a writing as a last Will and it was executed in the office of the Sub registrar on 28.09.2011. It is denied as false that [she] had executed the said Will in the presence of two attesting witnesses on her own volition. According to the defendants, the aforesaid Will is a concocted and fabricated document and it is not the last Will of late [the deceased]. It is stated that the alleged Will came into existence out of the undue information and fraud played by the aforesaid Brahma Kumari Mala.
It is stated that the plaintiff trust had appointed said Brahma Kumari Mala mainly to get the wealthy people to the trust in the name of meditation and spiritual classes and thereafter to induce them to execute the documents to get transfer the properties belong to them in the name of the plaintiff trust.
What's outstanding in this one, is that the Brahma Kumaris are writing wills in English, and then getting Hindi speakers to sign them.
[The deceased] was not knowing the reading and writing English and only by practicing she used to put her signature in English. Thus, the Will set up by the plaintiff trust, which is in English is not at all the one executed by [the deceased] by understanding its contents. It is also stated that [the deceased] was not in a position to understand the English language.
Therefore, the alleged Will is fabricated by the plaintiff by misleading her and by obtaining her signature in the Will.