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potency test over rape case after dodging parts of the last one
PUBLISHED: 23:00 BST, 11 September 2014 | UPDATED: 23:00 BST, 11 September 2014
It looks like it's not going to be easy for self-styled godman Nithyananda to steer clear of problems.
After doctors conducted tests on him to
certify his potency on September 8,
based on a Supreme Court order against
his alleged sexual assault on a woman
devotee in his ashram in 2012, his
potency is still in doubt.
Doctors at the state-run Victoria Hospital in Bangalore, who are yet to submit the medical report to the police, said that the potency test conducted on Nithyananda is incomplete as he had reportedly ducked apart of the test.
If needs be, he will be subjected to test again.
Maintaining that he was a 'Sanyasi' and had not indulged in any sexual activity, Nithyananda initially did not cooperate with some of the tests, but underwent them later, sources said.
However, known for his clever tactics, Nithyananda used a legal option as a last resort during the potency test conducted on him last Monday.
He made use of a less-known medical provision that requires the consent of a patient to take an injection that induces an erection. But he had reportedly ducked a part of this procedure.
Police said they will invoke section 53 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which empowers them to use force to persuade Nithyananda to undergo the complete procedure. This means he will have to appear for the test again.
11 September 2014: Daily Mail, example of the criminal Media-Police Nexus, disguised life attack on His Divine Holiness as potency test. Justification propaganda created in media to falsely label Him as criminal who did not cooperate for test.