Baba assistant Satyajit's security raised

Security for personal caretaker of the late Satya Sai Baba Satyajit has been increased on Tuesday by the police after Intelligence reports emerged that the powerful member of the Satya Sai Central Trust could be facing a threat to his life. According to sources, the Intelligence Bureau has issued a circular saying that the 33-year-old personal caretaker and assistant of the late seer could be facing a threat to his life. Acting on the memo, the police enhanced his security, the sources say.

Satyajit is believed to wield immense clout in the functioning of the Satya Sai Central Trust and is believed to have the authority to sign cheques on behalf of the Trust, conservatively estimated to be worth around Rs 40,000 crore. Apart from this, speculation is rife that the late seer had handed over the responsibility of running the Trust to Satyajit in his Will. However till now, no Will has been made public.

Satyajit had been brought up in the Ashram since he was five-years-old and is said to have been a favourite of Satya Sai Baba. He originally hails from Tamil Nadu. Apart from gaining the confidence of the Godman, Satyajit is believed to share a good rapport with two more key members of the Trust Chakravarthi and R Srinivasan.

Allegations of malpractices by Satyajit had been in the air even while Satya Sai Baba was undergoing treatment at the Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences. Allegations that Satyajit was manipulating the treatment being given to the seer at that time, apart from him keeping away VIPs from seeing the godman in the ICU were also doing rounds. According to sources, an intense battle for the control of the Trust will erupt after the final rites of the seer are performed on Wednesday with Satyajit on one side and the godman’s nephew Ratnakar on the other.