Rape Accused Nithyananda On Spiritual Tour, Can't Serve Notice: Karnataka Police Tells Court
Nithyananda accused of rape and child abuse has been absconding since November 2018 and is rumoured to be hiding in Belize or Ecuador. However the Karnataka Police believes he is on a spiritual tour. In December 2019 the Ministry of External Affairs said that the passport of Nithyanandawas cancelled and a fresh application of the same was denied.
After escaping India and founding his own island country 'Kailaasa', the case against rape accused Nithyananda has taken another bizarre turn.
Even as the Interpol has served a blue-corner notice against the self-procalimed spiritual guru, Karnataka Police told Karnataka High Court that they failed to serve him notice because he is on a spiritual tour.
Nithyananda, accused of rape and child abuse, has been absconding since November 2018 and is rumoured to be hiding in Belize or Ecuador.
However, the Karnataka Police believes he is on a spiritual tour.
In December 2019, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the passport of Nithyananda was cancelled and a fresh application of the same was denied as he did not get the requisite clearance from police and several criminal cases have been lodged against him.
Police in Ahmedabad had arrested two woman administrators of the ashram, allegedly owned by Nithyananda, and freed two boys who were held captive there.Two of his disciples, Pranpriya and Priyatattva, were arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by one Janardhan Sharma who alleged that his daughter was held captive in Nithyananda's ashram.The police took the two women to Nithyananda's ashram in Hathiajan for an investigation and seized laptops, mobile phones among other things.
"In this case, when we got information about cases pending against him, we cancelled his passport. His passport was issued way back in October 2008 which had a validity of 10 years. It was due to expire in September 2018 but it was cancelled much before that. He again applied after the cancellation, but it was put on hold because of adverse remarks from the police," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar told reporters at a weekly briefing in Delhi.
He said that the ministry has sensitised the missions and posts about the self-styled godman wanted in several criminal cases in India.
"We have asked them to sensitise the local governments that in case he transits or he is in that country, they should let us know," Kumar had said.
