A man hurled a slipper at controversial self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, arrested for his alleged involved in a sex scandal, as he was being taken in a police van after being produced before a court in Ramanagara, 40 kms from Bangalore.
Self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, who was purportedly caught in a sleazy video footage, has resigned as the head of his ashram and from trusts associated with it.
'There is a lot of misrepresentation, manipulation, conspiracy and morphing. We are working, which part is recorded in a conspired way, which part is morphed, and which part is misrepresented,' Swami told Times Now news channel.
More trouble is brewing for self-styled godman Swami Nityanand with the Karnataka government ordering a probe into the land held by him at Bidadi, 40 km away from Bangalore.
Breaking his silence over actress Ranjita after her name was linked with him for alleged involvement in sleazy acts, self-styled godman Nityananda described her as a "sincere and a humble devotee" and said he was hurt by the pain caused to her and her family.
Freed from the confines of prison, where he spent 53 days on charges of rape, self-styled godman Nithyananda says the purported video footage of him with an actress has not affected him spiritually, but socially "from being one of the most watched gurus on YouTube to one of the most watched scandals".
Self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, who is at the centre of a controversy after his alleged sleazy acts was telecast on TV channels, today claimed that he had not done anything illegal and against law.
Another case has been filed against self-styled godman Nityananda Swami on a complaint by an ashram inmate who has claimed that he had shot the video purportedly showing the Swami in a compromising position with an actress which was later telecast on TV channels.
The Uttar Pradesh government recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the murder of prime witness Akhil Gupta in a rape case against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu.
Narendra Modi speaking about Lokayukta is like Asaram "talking about virginity", Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday, hitting back at the Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate.
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Controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, against whom a complaint of sexual assault was filed by a teenage girl, on Monday claimed that he was innocent and regarded the victim as his "daughter".
The bench asked the government why the victim has not been examined till now.
The godman was picked up late on Monday night along with his driver Thomas and is being questioned by top police officials, police said. Amrit Chaitanya alias Santosh Madhavan was taken into custody based on a complaint by Serafin Edwin, a Keralite woman, who had alleged that the self-styled godman had cheated her of Rs 45 lakh.
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday pulled up Haryana authorities after they failed to produce a self-styled godman, against whom a non-bailable warrant was issued last week in a contempt case, citing resistance by his followers.
Tension mounted in Barwala town of Hisar district in Haryana ahead of on Monday's deadline set by the Punjab and Haryana high court to ensure appearance of self-styled godman Rampal in a contempt case, prompting authorities to impose prohibitory orders at several vulnerable places.
The issue of allotment of a piece of prime land to incarcerated self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's trust for his ashram in Indore in 1998 by the then Digvijaya Singh-led Congress government has reached the court.
A school textbook in Jodhpur has a shocking chapter on moral science.
Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu failed to catch a flight today for New Delhi, after he was prevented from entering the airport due to a clash between his enraged supporters who smashed TV cameras and other equipment carried by reporters waiting for him, sources said.
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Controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is in judicial custody in the alleged sexual assault case of a minor, today moved a bail application in the Rajasthan high court in Jodhpur.
A total of 121 people, mostly women, died in the stampede at self-styled godman Baba Bhole's satsang in Hathras on Tuesday.
The advocates will be permitted to remain present at the time of pronouncement of judgment.
Controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai on Wednesday said the girl, who had levelled charges of sexual abuse against his father, as "mentally unstable".
With the arrest of controversial godman Rampal in Haryana on Wednesday, his under-construction ashram in Betul in Madhya Pradesh wore a deserted look as some of the followers left the place.
A private helicopter carrying self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai and three others crash-landed, apparently due to a technical snag, in a cemetery at Gomatipur area in Ahmedabad, police said.
No first information report has been registered yet.
Police on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against controversial self-styled godman Rampal and has booked him and some of his aides on charges of murder and criminal conspiracy in connection with a case registered against him in November last year.
Clarifying on reports of proving Ram Rahim Singh with 'luxurious' items, KP Singh said that no RO system or attendants have been provided to him, as it was said in media reports.
A local court in Jodhpur on Saturday extended the judicial custody of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu and four co-accused for 12 days in the case of sexually assaulting a minor after the police sought time until November 6 to file the charge sheet.
Self-styled godman Asaram has moved a Gujarat court for bail on grounds of delay in filing of the first information report in connection with the sexual assault case lodged by two Surat-based sisters against him and son Narayan Sai.
Fresh sexual assault complaints have been registered against controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai in Surat after two sisters accused the duo of abusing them.
Apprehending threat to the life of family members, father of the child rape-victim has moved the Supreme Court on Thursday opposing the bail plea of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu.
Three police teams have been formed to apprehend the 2 assailants who shot dead Akhil Gupta, a witness in the rape case against Asaram Bapu in Surat, on Sunday evening.
The HC granted relief to Sanchita Gupta alias Shilpi who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a trial court.
It's obvious to all that the Congress is overestimating its success and the BJP is underestimating the people's message delivered through the ballot box, notes Sheela Bhatt.
The disgrace is compounded by the fact that the 81-year-old self-styled godman is already serving a life sentence in a Jodhpur jail for raping a minor girl at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, seeking a direction restraining media from broadcasting stories allegedly projecting him in a bad light, after he was charged with sexual assault of a minor.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh has said he committed a "mistake" by allotting land to Asaram Bapu, who is facing rape charges, during his tenure as chief minister and demanded that the Bharatiya Janata Party government cancel the lease.
Ahmedabad police arrested self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's wife and daughter and later released them as they procured anticipatory bail in connection with a rape case filed against him by a Surat-based woman.
A petition has been filed by self-styled godman Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai in the Gujarat high court seeking quashing of the complaints of sexual assault filed against them by two Surat-based sisters.
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