112. 08 June 2012: A second press meet and brutal attack - Attack 3

The murderous attack of the previous evening had to be told to the people. On 8th of June 2012, at 11 am, the disciples called for another press meet. No sooner did they commence the meet than a few disguised Karnataka Navanirman Sene elements stood up demanding Kannada language from the disciples in spite of a running Kannada translation already in place. From the "planned" meagre demand, they quickly moved to a verbal tussle and physical assault in no time.

The next day disciples gave a second press meet to talk about the huge attack that happened the previous day. All the male disciples on stage were beaten and female disciples were molested by the Karnataka Navanirman Sene who had barged in. All the women on stage were treated like prostitutes and dragged to the police station, by the Karnataka State Police.

Another ruthless attack ensued on the residents. The attackers savagely picked up any object they found to kill the residents - the metal line dividers and furniture. After causing enough physical assault, bloodshed and abuse, they left the monastery with shouts of criminal threat to the residents - "Tell your Nithyananda to leave Karnataka! Run away from here, else the next time, you will not be alive..."

The media filmed and broadcasted the attack with the "Big Lie."

The "Big Lie" Propaganda Technique

A big lie (German: große Lüge) is a propaganda technique. The expression was coined by Adolf Hitler, when he dictated his 1925 book Mein Kampf, about the use of a lie so "colossal" that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously". Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany, Joseph Goebbels the Propaganda minister, consolidated the Big Lie Propaganda technique as, "The essential English leadership secret does not depend on particular intelligence. Rather, it depends on a remarkably stupid thick-headedness. The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous."