January 30, 2011 8:57 AM

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Himachal Police question Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa

In Himachal Pradesh, state police questioned the 17th Karmapa, Ogyene Trinley Dorjee on the seizure of foreign currency including Chinese currency Yuans from the premises of his monastery on Friday .Confirming this, Himachal Pradesh Director-General of Police told AIR that Karmapa was questioned by a team of police officials including Kangra SP Diljeet Singh Thakur and DSP. He said that Karmapa was asked about the source of the money and funds including foreign currency which had been found during the raids at the monastery. According to the sources Karamapa has denied his involvement in money laundering. He said all the money received in monastery is managed by either the Cashier and the secretary and he has no role to play with the money received and never kept any money with him.Some documents about land transactions have also been recovered and these are being scrutinised to find out whether there was a nexus between Tibetans and some local people indulging in benami land deals.Raids continued at the premises of the monastery of Karmapa today also. The police so far seized about 10 crore rupees of foreign currency including Chinese currency Yuans. The police also questioned Gompa Tsering, secretary of Karmapa who arrived on Saturday from Dehradun. The accused Robsgi Chosang who is currently under police remand was also brought by Una police for further interrogation.The Deputy Secretary of Karmapa, claimed that the financial management including transactions were transparent as per standard rules and regulations. He said that they are cooperating in the ongoing investigations and will clarify the situations as and when required.

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