The Una district court in Himachal Pradesh on Monday dropped the charges of money laundering leveled against 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje by accepting the Himachal Pradesh government's plea that had urged the court to drop the charges in recovering the foreign currency from Gyuto monastery.
"After considering the application moved by the prosecution to drop his name from the chargesheet, the court decided to delete his name," said assistant prosecutor Ram Swaroop Sharma.
The judge has fixed the next date of hearing on August 4 in which nine other accused were charged in the same case.
He was charged under section 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the case along with nine other accused. The case was registered against the spiritual guru and other nine accused after recovering foreign currencies of 26 countries, including 1,20,197 Chinese Yuan, and Rs 50.3 lakh in Indian currency from Gyuto monastery on January 28, 2011.
Gyuto Tantric University and monastery are located on the outskirts of Dharamsala.
Karmapa had filled his application to Una Deputy Commissioner seeking to removal his name from the chargesheet which was forwarded by DC office to Home Ministry of Himachal Pradesh adding its comment and urging the ministry to drop his name.
The 26-year-old Karmapa is the spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four sects of Tibetan Buddhism. He joined the Dalai Lama in exile in 2000 and ever since his arrival in India has mostly lived at the monastery in Sidhbari near Dharamsala.
--With Agencies Inputs--
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