V.J. Ram (aka Janakiram) was a senior Indian CID sleuth who received the President's Police Medal for his having solved many difficult cases. His book on 'The Godmen of India' is extremely revealing, especially as regards the long history of criminal incidents connected to Sathya Sai Baba and his coterie. Here is the first of a series of excerpts from his book 'The Godmen of India', 2005, by ex-CID officer Janakiram (p.16f)

Senior ex-Police Officer Janaki Ram, C.I.D. investigated suspicious incidents in Sai Baba aegis right back into the early days. When the infamous murders took place in Sai Baba's temple residence in 1993, he made a thorough investigation and key excerpts from the extensive and most intresting report on this which he presented in his book are available as follows:-

The following scan is not one of those linkes above, as it refers to much earlier events