27. Sridhar showed fabricated obscene pictures of His Divine Holiness

21 February 2010 : Sri Nithya Pranananda was expecting Sridhar to be revealing more information about the poisoning attempted on His Divine Holiness the previous year, instead Sridhar showed some pictures to Sri Nithya Pranananda. Sridhar explained that those were fabricated images of Paramahamsa Nithyananda and a South Indian actress Ranjitha. Sri Nithya Pranananda was shocked beyond words. He was a simple monk, who had no idea about the criminal world. He didn't know what to make out of the situation.

Sridhar explained that there were big people behind this conspiracy and more than he could reveal awaited them, "indeed the images are fabricated but there is no point in arguing. This is 'just a trailer', a 'full movie' was going to be released by 'big people', 'powerful forces' who were behind this, who would be using their influence and resources to destroy the public image of His Divine Holiness and His organisation." At any moment, the video could be published across several media channels and go viral. He asked Sri Nithya Pranananda to come with important members of the organization to Chennai for "negotiations" on this "highly sensitive" topic.

Some Monks refuse to believe Sridhar

When Sri Nithya Pranananda revealed this shocking news to other disciples, everybody was shocked. Some were not ready to believe that any of Sridhar's claims were real. They considered Sridhar as a nobody and did not expect any media house to get involved in things like broadcasting fabricated videos.

Sridhar confirms: It was Aarthi Rao who poisoned in 2009

Sridhar had also revealed that there were implants amongst aadheenam residents and devotees. Sridhar demanded an amount of 5 lakh INR (~ $ 7000 USD) as a token "consultation fee" to start the "negotiations".

Sridhar said, "25 December 2009 was just a warning, by now you should know what Aarthi and Lenin can do. Please do not delay, you should not risk His life when you know they are out to get Him."

Matter was His life, they could not take any risk

But Sridhar had caught the attention of everyone, as he had named "Aarthi Rao" as one of the conspirators behind this. About three months earlier, His Divine Holiness had been saved from a lethal poisoning attack, and all fingers were pointing to the same lady, "Aarthi Rao," and here again Sridhar was taking her name. It sent chills down the spine of the naive disciples.

The disciples just simply went along with Sridhar's claims and went to Chennai. Sri Nithya Bhaktananda, Sri Nithya Sadananda and Sri Nithya Pranananda from the Bengaluru Aadheenam, visited Sridhar in Chennai as per his request for the 'negotiations'.

Star City Hotel, T Nagar Chennai – The Extortion Meeting point

(Left) Star City Hotel, T Nagar Chennai – The Extortion Meeting point (Right) Lawyer Sridhar