Bangalore: Nithyananda Back in Jail, Remanded in Judicial Custody
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Update: 8 pm
Bangalore, Jun 14: After being granted bail on Thursday June 14 following a day in Ramnagar district prison, self-styled godman Nithyananda has been once again taken into custody.
He has been remanded in judicial custody for a day by the Ramnagar deputy commissioner Sriram Reddy who is also the district executive magistrate.
The decision was taken as a precautionary safety measure, and to maintain law and order in the wake of widespread protests against the controversial swami.
Nityananda has been taken to Mysore central prison where he will be lodged till Friday June 15. Tight security arrangement has been made at the prison, with senior police officials personally inspecting the cell where he will be kept. A large number of policemen guarded him from Ramnagar to Mysore jail.
The magistrate will hear his case again on Friday at 3 pm.
More details awaited.
Bangalore: Nithyananda Granted Bail, Files Writ Petition Against CM, Suvarna News
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Jun 14: A day after he was arrested by the police, controversial guru Nithyananda has been granted bail by the Ramnagar JMFC court.
Nithyananda has also filed a writ petition in the high court against the chief minister, home minister, police officials and Suvarna news channel demanding Rs 10 crore.
The court granted him bail on a surety of Rs 50,000, paid by Narendran, a resident of Basavanagudi in Bangalore.
Nithyananda was arrested on Wednesday June 13 after he surrendered in the Ramnagar court. He was absconding for almost a week and the police had launched a manhunt for him.
A large crowd gathered at the Ramnagar district prison as soon as the news spread. Section 144 has been imposed around the area for 200 metres to control the mob.
The guru went missing from his ashram late Thursday and suddenly appeared before the Ramanagaram court Wednesday, though earlier in the day he had issued a media statement that he would be back in his ashram Thursday.
After the chief minister's order to seal the ashram and arrest Nithyananda, Ramanagaram police have been searching the premises for the last two days for any evidence of alleged immoral and objectionable activities there.
Nithyananda faces a rape case filed in 2010 following telecast by a Tamil TV channel of a video showing him in sexual acts.
Soon after the telecast, Nithyananda went into hiding for over a month from March to April. Karnataka Police found him in Solan in Himachal Pradesh and he was sent to a jail in Bangalore for about seven weeks.