Karmapa Money Trail

• China denies Karmapa is its spy

  China today denied that Karmapa, the head of the Tibetan Karma Kagyu sect, was its spy, and claimed that allegations against the country in this regard showed India's "mistrustful attitude" towards Beijing. (Read: Karmapa money trail: Cash came from Nepal)"The speculation by India's media, regarding the matter of the Karmapa as a Chinese agent or s...

• Karmapa money trail: Recovered cash came from Nepal

  Tibetan religious leader Karmapa might be subjected to a third round of grilling today in connection with the foreign currency worth over Rs 8 crore that was seized from the offices of a trust backed by it.Investigative agencies have found that the cash, that was in various currencies like Yuan, Hong Kong dollars, Euro and US dollars, came from Nep...

• Karmapa money trail: Dalai Lama backs probe into 'possible negligence'

  With the Karmapa money trail and its suspected links to China casting a shadow over the Tibetan religious leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama today came out in support of a "thorough investigation" into the incident.But the Tibetan spiritual head was cautious, claiming that the cash recovered from the Karmapa's accountant could have been a result o...

• Karmapa money trail: Police detain hotelier in Dharamsala

  Police in Dharmshala today arrested a hotelier named K P Bhardawaj in connection with the Tibetan leader Karmapa's suspected plan to set up China-friendly institutions across the Himalayan region. The hotelier's arrest came after an amount of Rs 1 crore was recovered form a car a few days ago. The cops have arrested five people so far and raids are...