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CED SMILE: The tainted godman looked tense and disappointed after the judge sent him back to police custody for two more days

Santosh Kumar RB. BANGALORE

Investigating officer On condition of anonymity

Self-styled godman Paramahamsa Nithyananda's trademark smile was conspicuous by its absence on Wednesday, after the additional civil judge (senior division) at Ramanagara extended his police custody to two more days till April 30.

Earlier, the swami looked pleasant while he was taken into the court. Senior assistant public prosecutor NR Lokesh, appearing for the criminal investigation department (CID), submitted before the court that the investigators wanted the custody of Nithyananda for six more days. Lokesh also pointed out that the swami, caught in a sex scandal, had been admitted to hospital on complaints of chest pain.

After hearing the prosecution and HS Chandramouli, the swami's counsel, the judge extended the police remand.

Chandramouli prayed to the court to direct the CID to return a rudraksha rosary taken away from the swami. The prosecution countered the request saying the rosary was taken away to ensure the safety of the accused.

Justice Narayanaprasad refused to issue any order, but ruled that it was up to the investigators to decide whether to return the rosary or not.

Actress Ranjitha has agreed to come to Bangalore. She said she had willing v offered herself in service of her guru. She also

said that she will come with

her advocate before the

investigating officer."

The civil judge also extended the judicial remand of Nithyananda's disciple, Nithya Bhaktanda aka Gopal Seelan Reddy to 14 more days. Reddy and Nithyananda were arrested in a joint operation by the state CID and Himachal Pradesh police from Solan district in that state on April 21.

Meanwhile, Nithyananda moved the Madras high court seeking anticipatory bail in three cheating cases registered against him in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Authorities at the Ramanagara sub jail made elaborate arrangements, anticipating that the civil court might remand the swami in judicial custody. "A separate cell was readied, so that

serious health problems. We thought that the presence of blood might be related to the chest pain he had complained about on Monday," a CID official

morning

said.

head warters to examine Paramahamsa Nithvananda after he complained of traces of blood in the stool on Wednesday

At first we thought that the accused swami was having some

A doctor from the KC General Hospital examined the swami and the stool was sent for a laboratory test, which revealed initial stages of piles.

Nithyananda was taken to the Ramanagara court on Wednesday afternoon only after the CID received the test results.

Nitvananda's former discinle Chennai-based Lenin Karuppanan who blew the lid off the alleged ex scandal, was summoned for questioning on April 25 and 26.

"We have seized some documents and a memory card from him, which need to analysed, the sources told agencies.

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he will be isolated from others," a jail official said.

Meanwhile, actress Ranjitha was understood to have sent a feeler to the CID. expressing her conditional willingness to appear before the investigating officer. It has been suspected that she was the woman found frolicking with the swami in a clipping telecast last month by television channels.

"She has agreed to come to Bangalore. She said she had willingly offered herself in service of her guru. She also said that she will come with her advocate before the investigating officer. She doesn't want the CID to question her." a CID officer said. [email protected] 2 NITHYA FINDS NEW ESCAPE ROUTE | P10

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It is learnt that while in hiding, Nithyananda made calls to Raniitha Sources how ever, said they would examine

Although subjected to rigorous interrogation during the last six days, Nithyananda has part resisted and part cooperated with CID sleuths. He has named most of the women ashramites who attended to im in his private quarters and who had access to his room at the Bidadi ashram.

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Sources said the police was etting "sketchy information" rom certain quarters in Tamil Nadu about the godman's sexual activities. The inputs, though valuable, might not amount to forming any complaint related to alleged rape a sex with female and male ashramites, the sources sa DH News Service

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