Faced with arrest 'godman' Nithyananda surrenders
June 13, 2012  15:36

Nithyananda, a self-styled godman faced arrest after the Karnataka High Court adjourned his plea for quashing the FIR against him to Friday. Had Nithyananda visited his ashram today, he was likely to be arrested, reports NDTV.

 

Nithyananda's ashram had issued a press release today saying he would be back at his ashram tomorrow. The police are expected to arrest all those named in an FIR filed after an altercation between the media and his followers.

 

Nithyananda is facing criminal charges, including rape, after a slew of complaints were filed against him in 2010 after some local TV channels telecast purported videos of the self-styled godman in a compromising position with an actress. Nithyananda was arrested and later released on bail.


On June 8, the police had lodged criminal cases against Nithyananda and his followers for allegedly assaulting a mediaperson during a press conference at his ashram on complaints from a regional TV channel reporter and activists of local group Nava Nirmana Sene in connection with an altercation at the ashram.

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