Ravi Shankar denies firing was due to internal rivalry

Bangalore, May 31: Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today dismissed suggestions that the firing at his ashram could be due to some internal rivalry and said police cannot absolve itself of its responsibility by taking it lightly and should investigate properly.

“Let us not speculate on this. It cannot be brushed off as some personal enmity. I am very hurt at such reports,” he told reporters here when asked about reports on some police personnel indicating that the firing might have been due to internal rivalry among devotees.

Describing such reports as “baseless”, he said, “Police cannot absolve itself of its responsibility by taking it lightly. It has to be investigated properly. The fact is that the bullet was fired in the direction of my car and a devotee has been injured. It has to be taken seriously and probed.

–Agencies