In reality, in India, Bhajan had been merely a civil servant, a customs inspector.
He said he was a well-known holy man back home in India. Born Harbhajan Singh Puri, he arrived in the U.S. The head of the empire, Yogi Bhajan, died in New Mexico in 2004 at the age of seventy-five. They are guarding our country's major airports, our busiest public transportation systems, and major corporate and commercial interests. According to the company's website, Akal guards provide security for 26 Army and Air Force bases and installations. Today, Akal Security earns an estimated $500 million annually and employs over 15,000 persons, most of whom are not members of the group. Akal Security started out in 1980 as a small company that hired only Yogi Bhajan group members. Looking closely at Bhajan's organization, one can't help but wonder why our government officials have not more thoroughly investigated a group with such questionable history.Īkal Security, the largest judicial security contractor in the United States, has been awarded at least $3.5 billion in Federal contracts since the year 2000, and its clients include the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Defense. There has recently been a debate in the news about the wisdom of outsourcing security contracts to private entities. The group's largest company, Akal Security, has reportedly earned billions in contracts relating to U.S. In an article in the Santa Fe Reporter, "Khalsa vs Khalsa," journalist Corey Pein reported on the dramatic schism erupting between the students and family of the late Yogi Bhajan, who are feuding in Oregon courts over control of Bhajan's religious and financial empire.
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