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Yogi Bhajan's widow now in
million dollar property fight
WSN Bureau
 New Mexico: After
reeling under a controversy over the practice of Kundalini Yoga,
which has no recognition among the Sikhs and is considered anti-Sikh
by many sections of the community, now his family seems to be
involved in a head on conflict over the late Sikh leader's wealth.
Yogi Bhajan's widow Inderjit Kaur Puri has claimed that the trust
set up to benefit Yogi's assistants is holding on to property and
assets worth millions of dollars which are actually rightfully hers.
But there has been no substantiating the claims, as per a complaint
filed this month in state District Court.
The complaint was filed on October 1 by Norman Thayer of the
Albuquerque law firm of Sutin, Thayer & Brown on behalf of trustees,
Sopurkh Kaur Khalsa, Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa and Ek Ong Kar Kaur
Khalsa, as per a report in The New Mexican.
The complaint says Inderjit has already got her share from her
husband's estate which includes her pie of the community property,
IRAs and life insurance proceeds, and a house in New Delhi. But
Inderjit Kaur Puri says she was unaware of the charitable
contributions made by Yogi Bhajan. She has insisted on getting half
of the community property.
Her lawyers say at least $3,784,863 is missing from her share of the
Yogi Bhajan Administrative Trust for "persons who were the
Assistants of Yogi Bhajan during his lifetime."
The 1929-born Yogi Bhajan, who died three years ago, was an Indian
customs officer turned yoga master who came to the United States in
1968 and later, in 1972, founded a cult-style religious community
near Espaņola, and used to fund many New Mexican politicians,
including Gov. Bill Richardson and U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M.
The case has been assigned to state District Judge Jim Hall.
12 December, 2007
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