May 30: It seems nothing is going in favour of Iskon-Bengaluru. To start with, the High Court of Karnataka had ruled that the entire property of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) in Bengaluru, belongs to Iskcon Mumbai. Now, Iskon-Bengaluru has to deal with hate messages from unknown miscreants. The head of the communications and public relations cell of Iskcon-Bengaluru, Bharatharashabha Das, has sought the help of cyber police to block the websites that are misleading the public and painting a negative picture of Iskcon's initiatives and programmes. Mr Das wanted the police to block the following websites: http://www.madhubandit.info/?p=604, www.ISKCON-BDA.org and http://akshayapatra-fraud.com

A cyber crime officer who is investigating the case said that the case has been booked under the IT Act. He said that Mr Das claims that unidentified elements want to “mislead the general public and paint a negative picture about the initiatives and programmes taken under the leadership of Madhu Pandita Das.” Going by the names of the websites, the intention seems to be to propagate hate and vilify the leader of ISKCON-Bengaluru and Akshaypatra, Mr Das claims.

The officer says “the misleading propaganda unleashed through a series of websites seems to have been floated by one single group.” “The case is under investigation and we are in the process of tracing those who have created these websites. We have also requested the concerned IP provider to block these websites following the complaint,” the investigating officer added. Mr Das, when contacted, said he had filed a complaint. “The cyber crime police are looking into the matter. I do not know the further course of investigations and need to check on that,” he said.