IV. Attempts to kill ASMT leader the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism🔗

Early attempts to assassinate the SPH.

240. During the birth star celebrations of the SPH on 25 December 2009, the SPH was poisoned (through juice) by an assassin disguised as a devotee.

241. On 20th February 2010, a lawyer (Sridhar) approached SPH as a liaison for neo-Hindutva and atheist political leaders. On 24 February 2010, a few senior disciples went to Chennai to meet Sridhar. During the meeting terrorists (Nakkeeran, Sridhar, Lenin) coerced the SPH to resign from all His organizations and to terminate all His religious and humanitarian services. They demanded 1 Billion INR from temple and charity funds in extortion⁵⁵⁰. The disciples that went for the meeting were beaten up for the entire night, one of whom was above his sixties and a patient of terminal cancer.

242. On 2nd March 2010 evening SunTV - the politically owned media wing of the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - ruling party of the State of Tamil Nadu headed by Chief Minister of the State, Karunanidhi, made sensational and repeated screening of a fabricated video purporting to show The SPH with a well-known Indian film actress. The video was later proved to be false: A Judge ordered the television station to run an apology for it every two hours for 7 days, and Hansraj Saxena, COO Sun TV confessed and was jailed for extortion⁵⁵¹. This did not remedy the damage.

243. On 2nd March 2010, The SPH was in Tiruvannamalai, when a militant group headed by Shivababu came to assassinate Him⁵⁵². The SPH escaped from a rear exit, but his disciple Sri Nithya Sharanaganathananda was beaten by the militants. Overnight the disciples with SPH were forced to flee to the Bengaluru Monastery of the ASMT.

Attempts to burn the SPH.

244. 3 March 2010, 9:00 AM 100 militants of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike and other neo-Hindutva militant groups, entered the Bengaluru monastery⁵⁵³. They ambushed the residence hut of the SPH. They pushed the SPH inside the hut and set it on fire⁵⁵⁴. The police were complicit in the

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crime. They prevented the monastery residents from putting down the fire and threatened the monastery residents of filing fabricated accusations against them such as possession of skin of endangered animals unless they forfeited the monastery⁵⁵⁵. To normalize⁵⁵⁶ the society TV9 and others news channels with neo-Hindutva affiliations aired the assassination attempt live. The SPH escaped from the bathroom window of the hut. The SPH continued to be hounded by the Police of three States⁵⁵⁷, the neo-Hindutva media⁵⁵⁸ , and State intelligence⁵⁵⁹ for months. In Tiruvannamalai, Salem⁵⁶⁰, (Bengaluru), Hosur, Pondicherry⁵⁶¹ attempts to mob lynch and kill the SPH occurred. The same TV channel (TV9) which captured on camera the assassination attempt of the SPH by burning Him alive, followed Him over 3000 kilometers on road till Haridwar.

245. 15 March 2010, Haridwar, an assassin in the guise of a journalist entered the Hotel room of the SPH with a knife⁵⁶² and assaulted the SPH.

Use of State intelligence department to frame and unlawfully arrest the SPH.

Even since the beginning of His public life, the SPH had a large following of practicing Hindus who attended His spiritual courses and programs. Since 2003, the government has commissioned the intelligence department to snoop the SPH. The same was instrumental in the illegal arrest of the SPH on 21 April 2010⁵⁶³.

246. 4 March 2010, the State Police of Tamil Nadu, filed fabricated accusations on the SPH charging Him with rape without mentioning anybody as a victim of rape.

247. On 25 March 2010, the SPH’s anticipatory bail was denied by the High Court citing “apprehension of the petitioner is unfounded”, saying that there was no basis on which The SPH could be arrested so He did not need bail⁵⁶⁴.

248. On 21st April 2010, during the hearing on another anticipatory bail petition of the SPH for the same false accusations in Ramanagara Court Bengaluru, the Police lied in the court saying they had already arrested the SPH. Around two hours later, with the help of the intelligence department, a different team of police officers entered the house where the SPH was staying in Solan (Himachal Pradesh, India) to illegally arrest Him. The DySP (CID) Hussain, used excessive force on the SPH and beat His disciples. The SPH was taken from Solan to Bengaluru. Throughout

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the journey, the CID Police officers used excessive force and degrading treatment which continued even after SPH was imprisoned in the CID office. The same night, on 21st April 2010 on His way from the airport to prison, an acid egg was anonymously thrown at the SPH⁵⁶⁵.

249. 22 Apr 2010, 9 PM, District Hospital Ramanagara, the SPH was subjected to the first medical torture by inhumane arbitrary medical tests where witness accounts⁵⁶⁶ record that an excessive amount of blood was withdrawn in the name of testing⁵⁶⁷. When the doctor was repeatedly asked why so much blood was required, the doctor only replied it was not required. The SPH was also injected with some unknown substances. This was followed by the SPH being unable to see properly⁵⁶⁸, stand or relate with people. In such conditions, the SPH was left to sit on a floor covered with urine water. As per eyewitness disciple Sri Nithya Pranananda, the SPH pleaded that the excessive withdrawal of blood be stopped or He may die. The police told The SPH that it would stop if He confessed (to false charges). Although multiple such inhumane arbitrary medical tests were conducted only one was reported by the Police. It is not known what the police did with the excess blood.

250. The police forced SPH in different ways to give a false confession against Himself. Different officers took turns in torturing and continuously lied to convince Him to give a false confession. Unable to force a false confession, the police officers ridiculed SPH and demanded that they receive healing as they had got tired of grilling Him and should also receive professional medical support. This was reported by multiple newspapers to mock the SPH and the Hindu community. Even a High Court judge during a hearing remarked at the police, "Under the guise of suspicion, how long can you (police) torture a person (referring to the SPH)"⁵⁶⁹.

251. The Police torture (narrated to media as "grilling" by Police) involved bombarding SPH with powerful lights and loud shrill noises (of tile cutting machine) to inflict extreme physical and mental pain. This was done to psychologically weaken Him and make Him give a false confession about a crime that never happened and He never committed. Throughout the day the SPH continued to be subjected to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment by different police officers (taking turns) to coerce a false confession. Later during the night, the CID would begin extremely loud construction work just a few feet away from the SPH cell where a high decibel tile cutting machine was installed which was used to cut tiles of asbestos. It had a shrill sound much worse than screaming, thereby depriving SPH of sleep or rest. The fine asbestos dust would fly towards SPH which is a known agent for causing mesothelioma (lung cancer) in the long term and which was intended to also assassinate SPH through asphyxiation.

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252. The paper cover of the tile cutting machine was the only thing in the cell on which SPH could sit and warm His body from the cold urine-mixed-water on the cell floor. The SPH was often experiencing breathing issues and no medical support was provided. When the disciples requested for the change of cell, the prison officials told, 'This is a palace for the dog who will die in another few days.' There were no charges against SPH, there were no victims, there was not even a cogent false charge that the police had finalized to force Him to falsely accept. SPH was subjected to inhumane treatment with a sadist inexplicable motive, in no connection to aid any investigation.

Torture of witnesses and destruction of CCTV evidence by the State Police

253. The Police CID (Crime Investigation Department) created a special cell to subject the SPH to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. The Police issued a work-order⁵⁷⁰ to a company where the Police explicitly demanded the installation of "real harsh" "lighting" to give a "freaky", "matrix" (movie) like effect. This room was created for the single purpose of "interrogating the SPH" and never later used again. The cell was fitted with special CCTV cameras, the footage of which was given to the media which aired this video and published it on their websites⁵⁷¹. The footage had no audio, as most CCTV cameras record the only video. The channel on its own added its audio and subtitles. This entire media report was false and intensified the unfair trial against the SPH. The report marginalized the SPH both in India and abroad. Without any remorse, the channels maintain their stand and to date continue to host this video on their websites. Neo-Hindutva media channels have refused to comply with any of the court orders (WP 7767/2010, 14/527/10- 11-PCI, W.P. 8619/2011, BCCC Order, NBSA #32/2014, etc.) that have directed them to stop prejudicing and aiding unfair trials against SPH, leaving the SPH and ASMT community with no domestic recourse from this persecution. When the Counsel of the SPH raised the matter in the court, the police claimed in the court that the footage was obtained by the media by theft in the police office. The State Police never pursued any criminal proceedings against any media house. Instead, the police tortured their technician (Suresh) who installed the CCTV cameras as per the work order issued by them (Police), and forced Suresh to give a false confession that he stole the CCTV footage and gave it to the media illegally. Suresh could establish his innocence in court only by the end of July 2018. This is documented in the court order C.C.No. 19496/2011. By this time, the entire episode of police leaking interrogation tapes to the media became redundant as investigations in the case of SPH had been concluded and submitted to the trial court and charges framed against the SPH (5 June 2018 in SC 86/2014 before the District and Sessions Court Ramanagara)⁵⁷². These CCTV video records also captured the cruel, inhumane, and degrading torture done to the SPH by the Police. The disciples of the SPH were pressurized by police to make false statements as a "bargain" to stop the torture of the SPH. Two female disciple nuns were eyewitnesses, who saw the footage capturing torture. They were raped and victimized by the police to give false confessions. 6 May 2010, Suresh was taken to a lodge named Raja Galaxy by the police and tied to a chair. Suresh was beaten and tortured from 9 PM to 1 AM. Suresh was forced to confess to crimes he never did. Suresh openly reported this to all available human rights

forums of the country⁵⁷³ but those who tortured him were never brought to book. The entire episode is rigorously and publicly documented.

254. In police custody, for over 8 days, the CID ensured that neither food nor water was given to the SPH. The police have even taken from His food (which was brought in a tiffin by His cook - Sri Nithya Shantimayananda upon court's approval) and eaten it for themselves. The food was replaced with beef and other non-vegetarian items and force-fed to SPH which is a direct violation of the religious beliefs as the cow is sacred and worshipped. Yogappa (Investigating Officer) poured water onto the floor and made the SPH lick the water from the floor when He was thirsty. Sri Nithya Shantimayananda whose role was to serve food to the SPH was not allowed to talk to Him. Even after the High court's permission for disciples to provide SPH with food, they were not allowed to serve food. A large sum of money had to be given to the police officers for them to be allowed to give food though it was already approved by the court. At one point the CID poisoned the food which Sri Nithya Shantimayananda had brought. Though Sri Nithya Shantimayananda was not allowed to talk, looking at his pale face SPH understood there may be something wrong with the food and did not eat it that day. Later that day, a rat that ate a portion of the food was found dead, proving the food was poisoned intentionally in an attempt to assassinate SPH.

Fatal potency test in secrecy and destruction of evidence by the State

255. Monday morning, 26 April 2010, the SPH was forced into another medical torture in the name of what was official termed as "a potency test", which was scheduled at the Institute of Nephro-Urology, Victoria Hospital. However, the so-called test was done under police custody at an undisclosed location⁵⁷⁴, instead of an equipped hospital despite security measures that were ordered by the Ramanagara Deputy Superintendent of Police already in place. This was reported by the media, however, all digital media records have been withdrawn, and only copies of the newspapers exist with the ASMT archives and some libraries of the country. The police records of the event were also destroyed by the Police. Like every other day until then, excessive blood was withdrawn from SPH. He was not allowed to meet His disciples or Legal Counsel. Unknown substances were injected into the blood vessels of the SPH. The body of SPH was sexually and physically abused. He was given no rest and taken to court where he reached at around 4 PM. A few of the disciples were able to see the SPH from far and recollect that the SPH was looking very different, He appeared exhausted but was still wearing a smile and blessing them from far. In the court when the SPH was standing in the witness box, He maintained His composure despite the acute genital and chest pain. He was profusely sweating. The judge noticed this and got alarmed and ordered immediate medical attention to be given to SPH.

Invasive endoscopy, waterboarding, other inhumane medical torture

256. 26 April 2010, 8:30 PM, SPH was admitted by the police in Jayadeva Hospital, Bengaluru, India. Witness Sri Nithya Shantimayananda recounts - "Swamiji (the SPH) had severe constipation where blood appeared in His stool and was undergoing chest pain. Invasive Endoscopy was done on

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Swamiji. Swamiji developed constipation due to dehydration and other inhumane conditions that were forced on Him. Under the coverup of wanting to further diagnose His stomach problem, the officers enforced a highly invasive test called an endoscopy wherein a tube was inserted into the stomach through the mouth and esophagus to locate ulcers, foreign objects, or other sources of pain and disease. The tube which they used to insert into the mouth of Swamiji was double the normal size of the tube, less elastic. In the same medical examination room in which they performed the waterboarding treatment, again, the officers made him lie down half-naked on the table. The doctor forced the thick, 1.5-inch diameter tube into the mouth of Swamiji. Swamiji gagged audibly and winced in pain as the tube went down His throat. The entire length of His throat, from His tongue until His stomach, was burning and stretched. Water began building behind His eyes and flowing down His cheeks. Saliva leaked from His mouth, down his chin, and his neck. Swamiji appeared to be in extreme pain when the tube was completely pushed inside. The doctor pushed the pipe even more forcefully. Swamiji involuntarily thrashed on the table. For twenty long minutes, Swamiji was subject to this brutal inhuman procedure." The SPH suffered severe internal wounds, causing blood to appear in his stool even after six months of this incidence. The next morning, 27 April 2010, it was extremely difficult for His body even to stand. SPH was forced to run on a treadmill repeatedly, more than what was required at speeds higher than needed. SPH was discharged and merely got rest for only 3 hours, from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM. 27 April 2010, by 3:30 PM the CID, had brought back SPH in their custody for continued inhumane interrogation⁵⁷⁵.

Gag order by the Court to stop the SPH from speaking about the police torture.

257. From 30 Apr 2010, the SPH was transferred and kept in the Ramanagara Prison. On 11 June 2010, The Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka while hearing the bail petition of SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam in its order Crl. P. 2328/2010⁵⁷⁶ observed the undue media influence against SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, mentioning it in point number 13 (page number 12) as an “issue” (propaganda) which “was subsidized (funded) by the media.” Despite making the observations, the High Court inexplicably suspended the freedom of speech of the SPH. The SPH was forbidden by the court to impart any religious teachings other than conducting yoga classes. The suspension of the fundamental human right to freedom of speech by the court disabled SPH from being able to speak anything about the torture done to Him in prison. This gag order was specifically given to systematically disable SPH from being able to seek any form of remedy from torture or protection from attempts to assassinate Him. This was ridiculed in the media, where it said - the court has gagged the godman⁵⁷⁷.

258. On 12 June 2010, around 5:30 PM the SPH was released from prison. On 28 July 2010, more than 10,000 Hindu pilgrims⁵⁷⁸ had come walking from various cities and villages of Tamil Nadu to Bidadi (Bangalore) in an annual Gurupurnima pada-yatra pilgrimage. The pilgrims went around the city in a procession with a look-alike wax Deity of the SPH on a procession. This irked the Neo-Hindutva

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militants who attacked the Deity mistaking it as the SPH. The fabricated accusation of rape against the SPH was collapsing in the court and His popularity seemed to have been unaffected by the massive hate propaganda of 5,000 hours. In response, the neo-Hindutva terrorists fabricated false witnesses to sustain the lawfare (malicious prosecution) against the SPH. The media hate propaganda was increased and totaled to more than 14,000 hours of hate speech, character assassination, and defamation by 2014.

Attempts to kill the SPH for entering into Temple.

259. On 29 December 2010, the SPH went to His birthplace, Tiruvannamalai to offer His prayers at the Arunachaleshwara Temple. Militants of DMK and CPI(M) carrying black flags⁵⁷⁹ surrounded the SPH and His disciples. The militants cheered at verbal death threats to the SPH, “If you (the SPH) enter the temple we will kill you.” The disciples tried to protect the SPH and were brutally beaten and some female disciples were sexually assaulted. The principal of His gurukul school (Rishi Sri Nithya Advaitananda) was one among those who were beaten owing to which he suffered severe back pain till date.

260. On 24 February 2011, at 3 PM, the State Police forced their way into the monastery without any warrant⁵⁸⁰. On 12 June 2010, upon the release of the SPH from illegal imprisonment, the Police Circle Inspector Dharmendra had threatened the security guards that he would burn down the monastery. Sensing Police malpractice and threat to the life of the SPH, the security guards (comprising the SPH disciples and monks) stopped the police and demanded a proper search warrant before being given admission⁵⁸¹. Deputy Superintendent of Police CID, Ramalingappa broke the hand of an international volunteer from Malaysia who was at security. The police arrested the volunteer including monks at security charging them with obstruction of police duty.

261. 27 April 2012, the SPH was coronated as the 293rd Pontiff of The Shyamalapeetha Sarvajnapeetha Madurai Aadheenam, the world’s most ancient monastery. The coronation of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam as the Supreme Pontiff of Madurai was extremely intolerable for the neo-Hindutva terrorists, who made more than eight vexatious litigations to dethrone the SPH⁵⁸². Over the next month, they made several physical attacks and mob-lynching attempts to assassinate the SPH.

262. The neo-Hindutva terrorists despised Hindu women in monastic and priestly roles⁵⁸³. On 29 April 2012, two female disciple monks of the SPH who used to work in the temple's charitable kitchen that served pilgrims were raped by the neo-Hindutva terrorists. 29 May 2012, two monks of the SPH that had been posted to maintain the Kanjanur temple, were beaten by the neo-Hindutva terrorists and had to be hospitalized⁵⁸⁴.

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263. 29 May 2012 – A mob of 100 anti-Hindu atheistic militants⁵⁸⁵, who opposed the appointment of the SPH as the 293rd Pontiff of Madurai Aadheenam, came to mob lynch the SPH when he was at his Kanjanur Agneeshwara temple residence. The personal secretary monks of the SPH were assaulted. The mob smashed the SPH’s car. The monks managed to escape. With injuries, they drove to the local police station for protection, filed a complaint, and got themselves hospitalized⁵⁸⁶. Such attacks by mobs are not isolated incidences, in 2019 a senior brother disciple (Gurubhai) of the SPH a Mahant (senior regional head) of Mahanirvani Akhada, along with his driver and intern monks were mob lynched and killed with the State police as an accomplice to the mob lynchers⁵⁸⁷.

264. The next day on 30 May 2012, the SPH was leaving the city of Kanjanur when again a mob of anti-Hindu atheistic militants attacked, disciples of the SPH were assaulted⁵⁸⁸ in front of the police.

Unlawful arrest and attempts of the State to kill the SPH by poisoned food.

265. Throughout the documented history of the monastery which spans at least 3,000 years worship to the sacred Shivalinga has never even once been missed even for a single day. However, during the 14 June 2012 illegal arrest SPH was denied the right and responsibility to execute His core responsibility of offering daily worship to the Shivalinga. This broke the tradition which had even survived during the thousand-year Hindu Holocaust perpetrated as the world’s bloodiest genocide that killed more than 400 million.⁵⁸⁹ A part of this was reported by the media, although in a manipulated way to denigrate the SPH.⁵⁹⁰ The SPH was starved over two days. At night, some food was given by the prison staff. A well-wisher in the prison staff slipped a note with the food warning SPH to not consume the food as it was poisoned. SPH did not consume the food at all. Prison mice ate the food. The next morning the mice were found to be dead confirming that the food was poisoned.

266. The High Court in its order CRL.P. 3253/2012⁵⁹¹ implicitly exposed the State terrorism, where it termed the arrest of SPH in 2012 as “illegal”, “without any authority”, “contrary to law”, “without jurisdiction”. This did not remedy the situation. There were no repercussions for perpetrators of the crime who were protected by the State. This is the reason why assassination attempts, illegal imprisonment, and custodial torture was repeatedly done to SPH until 2018 when SPH was forced to withdraw from public life in India. The Chief Minister who had openly given orders to the police to use the brutal force of SPH only escalated in his position and capacity in the government and became the Central Government’s Law Minister.

267. Between 26 Oct 2013 and 11 Feb 2014, Bengaluru Aadheenam: the deities and the Puja items were contaminated with dangerous alloys by a group of sculptors who had infiltrated the organization in the pretext of employment. This contamination causes slow poisoning to anyone who performs

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the daily rituals. The infiltrators also stole 40kg of silver. A Police complaint was registered against the group, but no action was taken.⁵⁹²

268. Samaya Television Network Haridwar Attack: On January 13, 2014 - Samaya Television sent its crew to Haridwar to physically attack the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam.

269. Bengaluru Aadheenam: Ramesh Gowda an influential politician and his more than a hundred people strong gang of militants attacked the Bengaluru Aadheenam for almost 4 continuous hours. The attack was done on March 9, 2013, and March 17, 2013. The goals were two-fold: one, to find and murder the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam, the spiritual head of the ASMT community; and two, to ensure that the ASMT community was always in fear feeling themselves in a survival threat. Several media channels were present these media channels are owned by the same extremist political elements. With no recourse from the Police, the police refused to register any complaints. Also, on March 9, 2013, the leader of Nav Nirmana Sene, Bhima Shankar Patil, in an interview with Samaya TV declared that he and his group are determined in attacking all monasteries, temples, and centers of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam and they would not stop until they forced Him out of the state of Karnataka.

Death threats to the SPH on national television by Neo-Hindutva extremists

270. On, 9 March 2013, Vagish Prasad, neo-Hindutva terrorist Vagish Prasad wielded a sword and issued a death threat to the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam from a national news channel named Suvarna TV. Despite the video evidence the local police refused to register any formal complaint (FIR). A city magistrate registered the FIR⁵⁹³. The case was dismissed despite video evidence and telecast on national television.⁵⁹⁴

271. On January 18, 2014, the Nava Nirmana Sene heard from their local scouts that the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam was visiting a devotee whose grandmother was paralyzed and facing the last moments of her life. The Nava Nirmana Sene used this opportunity to mob lynch the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam. They gathered a mob of 30 dressed in white and black uniform at the gate of the Bengaluru Aadheenam with the intent to storm inside and murder His Divine Holiness upon Him exiting the monastery. His Divine Holiness canceled the trip to the devotee's home.

272. Bengaluru Aadheenam: On July 12, 2014, 30 caste supremacist militants attacked Bengaluru Aadheenam. They were wielding weapons such as swords, machetes, and iron rods. They set fire to posters and flyers of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam and brought down billboards in front of the gate. Then, various burning materials and improvised explosives were thrown inside the Aadheenam to set the residences on fire. The day was the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima. Many devotees from all around the world had gathered to celebrate the occasion. Due to the mob attack, the celebration had to be canceled and the residents were instructed to stay indoors.

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2014 - Cruel, Inhuman, degrading murder attempt by the State in the guise of a second 'Potency Test'

273. 8 September 2014, 8 am SPH submitted Himself to the Medical Superintendent at the Institute of Nephro-Urology Victoria Hospital. He was taken to a special ward no. 1 on the second floor. The test was not done in a room with privacy; it was done in an open ward, where anybody could just walk to see SPH's private parts. The fact that the test was done in a ward, not in any room with privacy is recorded in the medical report in writing (refer Pg. 33 of "08.03 - certified copies of the medical report from victoria").

274. The media made caricatures with vulgar defamatory narratives of this episode and aired while the test was still in progress. It was not a coincidence. In 2010, the police had leaked the CCTV footage of interrogation (without audio) to the media and used it to misreport in public as if SPH had confessed to some crime.⁵⁹⁵ In an attempt to repeat this, and to publish humiliating pictures of SPH in the media, the medical team repeatedly pressured SPH to consent to a video recording of the test. This was not a simple matter of freedom of speech of media or mere defamation by the media, here the police were pressurizing SPH to allow videography of his venereal organs so that media can make pornographic videos to humiliate SPH. This was the third such attempt, of psychological torture and sexualized hate propaganda in four years where police were directed and openly involved.

275. The State medical team recorded this in their report (refer Pg. 34 of "08.04), "Sri Nithyananda Swamy refused to permit Audio-video recording of the tests which was conveyed to the investigating officer." The medical team never made any clear stand (neither scientific nor rational) on why the examination of venereal organs required videography. Neither was there any directive from the Supreme Court for such recording.

276. 8 September 2014, 8 am SPH submitted Himself to the Medical Superintendent at the Institute of Nephro-Urology Victoria Hospital. He was taken to a special ward no. 1 on the second floor.

277. The Supreme Court of India, in its order to SLP 5844/2014 in point 5 had only said, "for the limited purpose of taking his blood samples, voice test and subjecting him to medical test and shall release him after completion of the tests." The medical team ((i) Dr. C R Chandrashekar, (ii) Dr. Chandrashekar H, (iii) Dr. Veeranna Gowda K M, (iv) Dr. Venkata Raghava S) was accompanied by Karnataka State Police Investigation Officer Lokesh. All of them put undue pressure on SPH in the guise of following the Supreme Court Order and asked SPH to accept unethical and dangerous medical procedures in writing. These procedures which involved injecting unknown substances had caused cardiac symptoms to SPH in the previous medical "test" torture (dated 26th April 2010).

278. But in the same order, the Supreme Court had also said, "It is the prime duty of the accused to cooperate with the investigating agency," which was used to put undue pressure by the State

Medical Team and State Police on SPH to attest in writing (Pg. 8 of “08.03 - certified copies of the medical report from victoria”) and to co-operate for His torture and assassination.

279. Throughout the medical test, Police Investigation Officer Lokesh pressurized and instructed the State Medical team to conduct tests to either kill SPH or at least leave SPH with disabilities such that He is never able to walk. At a point, when Lokesh thought SPH is not conscious to hear Him and none of His disciples are around, He told - “Inject whatever, do whatever just get a positive (potency). Or at least disable Him. He should not be able to walk.”

280. SPH consented in writing (Pg. 13 of “08.03 - certified copies of the medical report from victoria”) to the recording of history, physical examination, blood tests, ultrasound, penile doppler (without injection of vasoactive substance). 8 September 2014, 8 AM, special ward no. 1, second floor of Institute of Nephro-Urology Victoria Hospital. It was an open ward without any privacy. He was subjected to brutal sexual torture. This was narrated live in several local media channels in a defamatory way. Doctors tried to use female nurses for these tests, and it was made sure this was narrated in the media. The eyewitness (Doctor) recalls female staff was made to parade in perverted ways in the open ward. These narratives were defamatory, hateful, and extremely vulgar to ensure no sympathy was felt towards SPH. SPH was forced by the medical team to have tests done by female nurses, right from the withdrawal of blood to everything else. It was emphasized repeatedly that SPH being a lifelong celibate monk and the religious leader of 2 billion Hindus should not be subjected to such treatment which is an absolute violation of his religious and human rights. The nurse in turn violently punched the injection needle multiple times in the arm of SPH. SPH was accompanied by devotees who were professional surgeons, they narrate their eyewitness account, “The only time I have touched Swamiji (SPH) is when I had the blessed chance of reverentially touching His feet. Even as a surgeon I was not able to handle the sight of the medical assistant repeatedly punching the syringe into the body of Swamiji (SPH) pretending as if being too amateur to find the veins to properly withdraw blood.”

281. SPH was forcibly masturbated, subjecting Him to excessive force. It was extremely painful physically. The pain increased as His veins in that region were swollen, due to varicose (also recorded in State medical report in doppler test as - ”significant varicocele seen on either side” Pg. 16 of “08.03 ). Forced masturbation required higher blood flow through calcified-obstructed-veins (recorded in State medical report in doppler test as “calcification in right scrotal sac” Pg. 16 of “08.03 ), which put more stress on the veins and internally added to already unbearable pain in the veins. SPH experienced and reported deep-rooted penile pain.

282. In 2015, a panel of UN consisting of medical and forensic experts unequivocally called for the ban of forced anal examination terming it as unscientific and equivalent to rape⁵⁹⁶. On 8 Sept 2014, SPH was subjected to anal torture, which was described and worded in the State medical reports as “per rectal examination” a benign-sounding term that concealed the serious harm the entire team caused to His body (see Pg. 37 of “08.03 ). The State police officer Lokesh told the State Medical team - “Inject whatever, do whatever just get a positive (potency). Or at least disable Him.

He should not be able to walk.” Frustrated the State Medical team of doctors told the staff to kick SPH, it was reported in the media to incite hatred against SPH⁵⁹⁷. Because of all these tortures and the anal torture (disguised as a “per rectal examination”) SPH was unable to walk, unable to urinate without pain for several months, unable to even sit in a chair without pain for several months, needing help to even walk and use the restroom for several months to come, deep-rooted penile pain.

283. In such pain, the hospital willfully denied a wheelchair to SPH and made sure to force Him to stand when He was not even able to get up. The picture above on the right side shows SPH in a brand new wheeler chair still covered in packaging which was purchased by disciples because the government hospital denied even bare minimum support. SPH only prayed “Om Namah Shivaya” repeatedly and went through the torture. [The video clip linked shows similar torture at 1min28sec later during the same day](https://example.com) in FSL Madiwala during the voice test done by the State⁵⁹⁸.

284. SPH was subjected to unscientific tests but some scientific tests which helped in clearly establishing His impotence were omitted citing ridiculous reasons. For example, out of all the tests the most scientific potency test⁵⁹⁹ - the Rigiscan test was not done. The Medical team cited that they did not have the Rigiscan machine, a third-party doctor offered it to the hospital, they declined to accept it and made sure to not conduct it.

285. The lab report of the State medical team established SPH is impotent. However, the state medical team in the final report concluded contradicting their own data, recorded by their own lab and published in the final report. This was pointed out by all the experts who studied the report in sworn affidavits.

286. The State Medical Team’s opinion contradicted their data. All the medical tests were done under the direct supervision of the Police (Investigating Officer - Lokesh). Annexures and evidence:

a. The [following document gives the detailed government medical reports as it was received](https://example.com). b. Notarized affidavits of medical experts from all over the world on the above government report: i. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mc9cnUll6cjk9IXCw7YVOfrMvdeLKkKB/vi ew](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mc9cnUll6cjk9IXCw7YVOfrMvdeLKkKB/view) ii. [https://nithyanandatruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/colonel-affidavit.pdf](https://nithyanandatruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/colonel-affidavit.pdf) c. A presentation combining (1) and (2) [docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L49ijhQjc2lpjsrba9RGVWSfYEe5qHg_0NLrlqwhuY/](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L49ijhQjc2lpjsrba9RGVWSfYEe5qHg_0NLrlqwhuY/)

287. Bengaluru Aadheenam: On the night of October 24, 2014, TV9 Kannada sent a large group of paid assassins to the Bengaluru Aadheenam and to kill the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam. The assassins did not find Him. They planted false entrails of liquor, condoms, and drugs at the Bengaluru Aadheenam, which could elicit false and vexatious litigations against SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam.

288. Phuket: Participants from over 50 countries around the world had gathered for a 21-day program, conducted personally by His Divine Holiness from December 7 to 27, 2015, at Phuket Thailand. The political extremist groups from India, with the help of the local mafia, disrupted the program and tried to kill SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam.

289. Nithyananda Peetham Camp, Kumbh Mela: On April 16, 2016, at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela a fire accident was orchestrated to kill the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam.

290. Lord Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple at Melkote: On November 30, 2016, militant elements along with the media mob lynched the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam while he was visiting Lord Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple.

291. Bengaluru Aadheenam: On December 25, 2017, a false police complaint of kidnapping was registered against the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam. The complaint was orchestrated by the police. Police kidnapped two disciples of SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam to the nearby Forest. They were threatened and beaten up to give false statements against SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam on kidnapping, one of the disciple's birth certificate was forged by the police to make the kidnapping appear to be of a minor.

292. Madurai Meenakshi Temple, Madurai: On. February 02, 2018, terrorists used explosives inside the temple to assassinate the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam while he was visiting Madurai Meenakshi temple along with his disciples.

293. Bengaluru Aadheenam: On the 5th of March 2018, militant elements along with the media mob lynched the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam while he was visiting Panchamukha Anjaneya temple to celebrate the grand inauguration of the five-faced Hanuman deity During this visit a person identified as Ramesh offered poisoned food as prasad to the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam. A police complaint was filed. So far, no action has been taken.

Assassins enter the residence of the SPH to kill Him with a sword.

294. Bengaluru Aadheenam: On June 6, 2018, three militants armed with knives and machetes and fully covered faces, trespassed into Bengaluru Aadheenam, and barged into the residence of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam to kill him.

295. Bengaluru Aadheenam: On the 3rd of July 2018, at about 5:30 pm, a group of 10 militants trespassed into the Bengaluru Aadheenam looking for the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam. They beat up Sanyasis and harassed residents while demanding to know the whereabouts of the SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam.

296. 4 December 2019 - neo-Hindutva national television channel Republic TV runs hate propaganda - "Drag back Nithyananda" - targeting the SPH.⁶⁰⁰

297. 8 December 2019 - After the sensational publicity of KAILASA by the Neo-Hindutva media channel Republic TV, a member of the legislative assembly incited Neo-Hindutva extremists and State Police to carry extrajudicial murder of the SPH.⁶⁰¹

Systematic targeting of Hindu spiritual traditions by the State

298. Extrajudicial killing by state actors has been normalized in India. Mass protests rarely happen, and police are very rarely held accountable, no action is taken against them for police killings. This has created a problem of mindset - most people believe - police kill those who deserve it. The state uses disinformation and murder-by-mob against monks. Mobs create a cover for police to carry out killings of unarmed “demonstrators”.⁶⁰²

299. The hangover of the colonial past continues to remain in India to date. The Criminal Tribes Act, 1871 classified monks as born criminals and continues to remain in the form of the Habitual Offenders Act, 1961, and various other anti-begging acts. These acts give arbitrary powers to police to arrest and imprison Hindu Sadhus without due process.⁶⁰³

300. ASMT monks including Guru Maha Sannidhanams are required to study and write commentaries on various scriptures (Chaturmasya). They are also expected to perform ParivarajikaYatra to ShaktiPeethas - pilgrimage to various spiritual ecosystems by seeking alms for many years. During this travel, they give discourses on scriptures, counsel people, and provide traditional healing. They often travel to remote areas underserved by the state. This spiritual process of seeking alms is designed not only to expose Sadhus to all cross-sections of society and deeply engage with them but also to show the innate goodness in people. As Guru Maha Sannidhanams are expected to

run large organizations this is an essential process to administer them with neutrality and life positivity. Anti-begging laws along with the habitual offenders act have continued to stigmatize ASMT monks as sub-humans in the eyes of the state.⁶⁰⁴

301. India has a massive problem of undertrials in prison. In 2019 there are around 320,000 undertrials in prison of which over 100,000 were lodged in prison for more than a year awaiting their trial. It is not uncommon for an undertrial to spend more time in prison than the prison sentence itself if convicted, and it is quite common to serve more than half the term as an undertrial. The problem is worsening every year at an alarming rate. In 1978, 54% of the prison population were undertrials by 2019 it shot up to 70%. It is the poor who languish in jails waiting for years waiting for their trial.⁶⁰⁵

302. Lack of accountability of police, perpetual wait as an undertrial in prison, inhuman criminalization of monks by law, and arbitrary detention powers given to police has resulted in a disproportionate percentage of ASMT monks being victims of crime and state persecution. Since ASMT monks live by wandering and begging for many years their detention by police leads to being in prison for many years without a trial. The Indian state has vilified ASMT monks in the eyes of society leading to a further increase in their persecution. It is a vicious cycle with no end in sight.⁶⁰⁶