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Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar gets death threats in Malaysia from ISIS

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar landed in Malaysia yesterday

Kuala Lumpur: A close aide of Sri Sri RaviShankar today claimed that the founder of the 'Art of Living' has received death threats in Malaysia from the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.

"Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is touring some countries in the far east and he landed in Malaysia yesterday and few days ago while he was in Cambodia, we received threat letters from ISIS, one was received by the hotel manager, one was received by the director of Art of Living and one by senior faculty and the content of the letter is very threatening saying if you go ahead with the programme there will be consequences," said Nakul Dhawan, spokesperson of 'Art of Living'.

"The authorities have immediately notified the local authorities. We also contacted the Indian Embassy and we also conducted an investigation to find the source of the letter. We are going ahead," he said.

The Art of Living had a yoga programme in the morning, which was attended by 10,000 people and there is a programme underway in Penang attended by 70,000 people, which Sri Sri will be attending, he added.

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ISIS threat to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Pic of courier/ threat letter received in Malaysia. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

( Source : PTI )
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