State files objections in Nithyananda case
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Staff Reporter
BANGALORE: The State Government on Tuesday filed a statement of objections in the Swami Nithyananda case.
The swamiji is in the news after television networks aired footage of him and a Chennai-based actor seen together in a room in the ashram at Bidadi near Bangalore.
The swamiji and the actor were filmed in a compromising position by the swamiji's former car driver Lenin. The car driver later filed a complaint before the Chennai police alleging that he was threatened into handing over the tapes containing footage of the swamiji with the actor.
The Chennai police had transferred the case to Karnataka, saying that the place of occurrence of the alleged crime by the swamiji was in Karnataka and not in Tamil Nadu.
Swami Nithyananda
The Bidadi police had registered a case against the swamiji. Later, the case was handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation. The swamiji then filed a criminal petition before the Karnataka High Court for quashing the proceedings initiated against him.
Appearing on the swamiji's behalf, the former State Public Prosecutor, H.S. Chandramouli, said there is no complaint against his client either by the actor or any other person. He said no crime had taken place and that the swamiji was being harassed.
He said it would be appropriate if the case against the swamiji is quashed.
The State, on its part, objected to the quashing of proceedings. It filed a statement of objections on Tuesday, saying that the swamiji had nowhere in the petition denied the offences of which he is accused.
It said Alagan, an inmate of the ashram, was admitted to a private hospital after he tried to commit suicide by consuming sleeping pills.
It also said that the swamiji had appeared on several television networks and that he had not denied that the person shown on the video shot by Lenin is not him.
Justice Arali Nagaraj adjourned the case.
The Hindu, 4th April 2010: Presents sophisticated lies mixed with court news, and positions a false case against His Divine Holiness.
2010-04-08