Sai Baba's aide given police protection

Puttaparthi(Andhra Pradesh), April 26 (PTI) The late
Sathya Sai Baba's trusted aide Satyajit has been given police
protection following intelligence inputs that he may be facing
a threat to his life.
Satyajit, a native of south Indian state of Tamil
Nadu, had been the Baba's main "caretaker" for many years.
He, however, had been facing a lot of allegations
ever since the Baba was hospitalised on March 28. The main
allegation was that Satyajit did not feed the Baba proper food
and gave him lot of sedative drugs, resulting in deterioration
of the latter's health, police sources said.
Doctors who treated the Baba in the Satya Sai
Institute of Higher Medical Sciences neither confirmed nor
denied that sedative drugs were given to him prior to his
admission in hospital following respiratory problems.
Satyajit, along with the Satya Sai Central Trust
secretary K Chakravarthi, is said to be enjoying the cheque
signing power on behalf of the Trust and is seen as a most
powerful man in the Ashram affairs.
"There are some people within the Ashram as well as
outside who are antagonistic to Satyajit. There is a
possibility of someone causing harm to his life in the wake of
the Baba's demise. As such he is being provided police
protection," a senior police official said.
Satyajit made only a brief appearance near the Baba's
body Monday evening and remained mostly confined to his room
in Prasanthi Nilayam where the Baba lived.
It is learnt that Satyajit has been advised to stay
confined to Prasanthi Nilayam till the last rites of the Baba
who died on Sunday after battling multi-organ failure.