Mukesh Ambani’s top aide Prakash Shah leaves Rs 75 crore job to become a monk: Reports
Mumbai: Prakash Shah, a senior executive at Reliance Industries and a close aide of Mukesh Ambani, has made headlines for giving up his successful corporate career and a salary of ₹75 crore to become a monk.
According to Financial Express, Shah and his wife, Nain Shah, took diksha , a spiritual vow, on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, choosing a peaceful life of spirituality over wealth and luxury.
Shah was a Vice President at Reliance and played a key role in major company decisions. His decision to leave behind his high-paying job and comfortable lifestyle has surprised many. Photos shared online show him in plain white robes, barefoot, carrying only a few personal items. He has taken vows of celibacy and given up all material comforts to follow a simple and spiritual life.
Shah’s transformation didn’t happen suddenly. Friends and colleagues say he had been deeply interested in Jain philosophy for many years. Over time, his spiritual beliefs became stronger and eventually led him to renounce his worldly life.
An accomplished professional, Prakash Shah is a Chemical Engineer and completed his post-graduation from IIT Bombay. He had a successful career, handling key projects like petcoke marketing and the Jamnagar gasification plant at Reliance.
Now, as a Jain monk, Shah follows a life based on discipline, simplicity, and spiritual practice.
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Malegaon blast: Special court junks former ATS officer's claim of order to arrest Mohan Bhagwat
Mumbai (PTI): A special court here in its judgment, acquitting seven persons in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case, rejected the claims made by a former Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) official that he had been ordered to arrest RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in the case.
Special NIA Judge A K Lahoti, in his over 1000-page judgment, said it did not find any force in the contentions raised by the advocate for accused Sudhakar Dwivedi, who had relied on the claims made by Mehboob Mujawar, a former ATS officer.
The observations fell flat on the face of Mujawar, who had reiterated on Thursday that he had been asked to apprehend Bhagwat and the objective behind the same was to establish that there was "saffron terror".
Mujawar had at the time also claimed that senior ATS officers had ordered him to arrest Bhagwat, but he had refused to obey such illegal orders as he did not find any role of Bhagwat in the alleged offence.
The court, in its order, rejected the defence lawyer's contention based on a statement made by ACP Mohan Kulkarni, the then chief investigating officer, that Mujawar was never asked to arrest any member of RSS and was only sent out to trace the two absconding accused, Ramji Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange.
