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Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: So there was a newspaper clipping about Māyāpur published in the Hindustan Times. This newspaper clipping... Prabhupāda: Hindustan Times? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes, Prabhupāda. Prabhupāda: Delhi. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Ah. It says... The heading is "Eleven Krishna Devotees Held for Firing." "Five Indian and six foreign Vaiṣṇava devotees were arrested from Māyāpur maṭha of ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in Nabadwip last night when shots fired from inside the celebrated temple injured fifteen persons, most of them milkmen.
A double-barreled gun was seized from the maṭha, it is reported. Police pickets have been posted since there is considerable tension in the nearby villages. Among those arrested is Swami Bhavānanda, an American in charge of the maṭha. Some time ago he was forced to leave the country after the expiry of his visa, but he returned later.
The incident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Friday. Some boys were grazing their cattle on the fields outside the maṭha when some cows strayed into its compound. The cattle were beaten up by the inmates and driven out." It doesn't sound like our devotees. Beat up cows?
"Angry milkmen from a nearby village crowded outside the maṭha. Shots were then fired from inside the maṭha, it is reported, injuring fifteen persons, two of them seriously. The police arrived on the scene within an hour. Among the six foreigners arrested are a Romanian, an Italian, and some Americans.
The founder of the maṭha, Prabhupāda A. C. Bhaktivedanta, was not present." This is called slanted reporting. I mean, first of all, our devotees don't beat up the cows.
We worship the cow. We don't beat cows. I can't take this as very factual account. So many statements here say, "It was reported," "It was reported." This is from a...
It was published in Delhi, but it's datelined Calcutta, and the event happened in Māyāpur. So by the time it got to Delhi it seems to have taken a strange shape. I thought you'd want to... Prabhupāda: These ghoṣhas are very aggressive. Śatadhanya: Milkmen means ghoṣha. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Bālāi ghoṣha. Prabhupāda: It is not the Muhammadans. Śatadhanya: Not according to this. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: This is still not conclusive. Prabhupāda: No. Police inquiry must be there. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Should I save this? Prabhupāda: No. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Śatadhanya Mahārāja is going to be leaving to go to Māyāpur. Śatadhanya: Myself and Prabhāsa, we're going to be leaving now for Delhi, then to Māyāpur.