47. In broad daylight Ayyappan attacks - Atmaprabhananda falls unconscious

5th March 2010 : After being released by Sun Network Ayyappan, Sri Nithya Atmaprabhananda was travelling in Chennai near the Pondy Bazar police station in T. Nagar. All of a sudden, from nowhere, Ayyappan's vehicle overtook him and pulled up in front of his car and stopped him. Atmaprabha's blood turned cold. Inside him questions were crowding: How did he track me so closely? He is really serious about the threat then….

What followed was a life-attack coupled with blackmail and extortion by Ayyappan on Atmaprabhananda right in front of the police station in T.Nagar in chennai! It was a familiar police station for Ayyappan; the police simply stood by him.

Ayyappan and his men forcibly pulled Atmaprabhananda out of his car and pushed him into Ayyappan's vehicle, inflicting a head injury on him. With the blow on his head, Atmaprabhananda fainted. Regaining consciousness, Atmaprabhananda faced a violent Ayyappan who was demanding the money that he had asked for two days earlier to stop the Sun Network telecast of the fake video. He called the local police who were his aides and threatened Atmaprabhananda that if he doesn't give the demanded money he will slap a false case on him and imprison him immediately. The police simply saluted him, showing obedience to his words.

Atmaprabhananda paid up a part amount of the demand by arranging money through a devotee and got released by the Sun Network blackmailer Ayyappan. While Atmaprabhananda was facing a life and death situation at hands of Sun Network Ayyappan, in parallel Bengaluru Aadheenam was burning.

Thyagaraja Nagar Police Station, 13th A Cross 9th Main Road