Isha Foundation, run by ‘Sadhguru’ Jaggi Vasudev, has denied claims made by the Tamil Nadu Police before the Madras High Court about six people going missing from its Yoga Centre since 2016, according to a report by Mint.
On Thursday, March 21st, the Tamil Nadu Police submitted to the Madras High Court that investigations were underway to probe the whereabouts of all six ‘missing’ persons.
The TN police submitted the documents before Justice MS Ramesh and Justice Sunder Mohan.
The publication quoted an official statement by Isha Foundation in this regard that stated, “The news claiming that six people have disappeared from Isha Yoga Center since 2016 is totally false and baseless, debunks Isha Foundation.”
A farmer named Thirumalai moved to the court following the disappearance of his brother Ganesan in March 2023.
When Thirumalai called the Isha Yoga Center on March 2, 2023, to see if his brother was there, he was told that Ganesan had not visited the center in two days. According to Live Law, Thirumalai had already informed the court that his brother was volunteering at the center.
The farmer also claimed that no action was taken even though a police complaint was filed regarding his brother’s disappearance.
He said that the police have been acting sluggishly. Tirumalai filed a habeas corpus suit with the Madras High Court because he had no other options.
Isha Foundation was recently in news after reports surfaced that Sadhguru underwent an emergency brain surgery at a private hospital here after suffering ‘life-threatening’ bleeding in the skull.
“The surgery was carried out on March 17 to remove bleeding in the skull. Sadhguru was weaned off the ventilator post surgery,” a statement from Indraprastha Apollo Hospital said, adding he has shown “steady progress” and his “vital parameters have improved”.
Sadhguru shared a video on his Instagram account from his hospital bed as well. “The Apollo hospital neurosurgeons cut through my skull to try and find something but found nothing — totally empty. So they gave up and patched it up. Here I am in Delhi with the patched-up skull but no damaged brain,” he said in a lighter vein.
