N. Vikram,
General Secretary, Atheist Society of India, Andrah Pradesh Branch
18.2.1995
I am
enclosing herewith a Telugu Newspaper clipping about people vanishing at
Puttaparthi, and its translation into English.
PRAJA
SHAKTI, Telugu Daily, Hyderabad Edition dated 11.2.1995, page 2
Dharmavaram,
Feb. 10: People are
worried about the sudden vanishing of 3 persons in Puttaparthi, the well known
spiritual center of Sathya Sai Baba. One lady and a foreigner are amongst the
missing people. Facts on these missing people are not yet revealed.
These are
the details.
Mr. Sanjay
Yadav (31) belonging to Babulgan Town of Yavathmal district in Maharashtra
visited Puttaparthi on 19th November 1994. His wife Mrs. Jyothi and
his brother-in-law Tharkeshwar reported to the police station that he was
missing since November 21st.
Similarly
on 19.12.1994, Mahamaya Dadhuka (24) belonging to North Jowpore Dahee area of
Howrah District of West Bengal, had vanished all of a sudden while making
purchases in Puttaparthi with her friends. Her friends N. Gangoolee and M.
Supritimanna reported this to the local police station.
While the
above two cases worried the devotees visiting Puttaparthi, an incident of a
Russian citizen missing took place. On 16th January 1995 Atan Cherge
and his friend Alexander from Russia came to Puttaparthi. On 22nd
January they registered their names in the male Ward Shed no. 21 at Prashanti
Nilayam and stayed over there. They got introduced to Slacheko and Checksplier
Vadimir of Moscow also staying in the same shed. These four Russians on
25.1.1995 visited Era Kondalu (Red Hills) on the east of Puttaparthi. At 12.30
noon, an unknown youth came there and took away Mr. Atancherg along with him.
Since he never returned back, his friends Alexander Slacheko and Checksplier
Vadimir reported the same to Puttaparthi Police Station. It is understood that
Atancherg was carrying a video camera worth more than twentyfive thousand
rupees. All these three missing one after the other within a short period, the
public here are scared.