Swamy Nithyananda arrested in Himachal Pradesh

Finally, the notorious Swami of Tamil Nadu has been arrested by the police. News reports came out that Swami Nithyananda had been arrested on April 21, 2010. Bangalore police arrested Nithyananda at Solan district in Himachal Pradesh. Karnataka State CID in co-operation of Himachal Pradesh police, took Swamy Nithyananda into custody this afternoon. Along with Sri Nithyananda Swamiji, Sri Nithya Bhaktananda and Gopal Seelam Reddy were arrested by the police. The two people- Sri Nithya Bhaktananda and Gopal Seelam Reddy, are also wanted in two cases filed at Bidadi Police Station. They were produced before the local magistracte and after securing body warrant, they will be brought to Bangalore. The CID team also conducted a search of the Ashram of Nithyananda Swamiji at Bidadi on April 20, 2010 and got hold of some important documents. NDTV reports:

Cases of rape, criminal intimidation and cheating among others have since been filed against the Godman based on various complaints. His ashram had been searched and hard disks seized were being examined, the police said. On allegations of rape against the swami, they appealed to victims to come out and give evidence.

The swami's ashram has maintained that there is a "conspiracy" to malign Nityananda's reputation and have said that the video footage telecast by TV channels was morphed.

For more than a month, Nithyananda was staying in this place. Four teams of Bangalore police conducted the arrest. He had been arrested under a non-bailable arrest warrant. The Swami will be produced at the olan court or the Simla court.

In early March, a sextape of Nithyananda with a woman named Ranjitha was broadcasted by Sun TV Network. Immediately, after this broadcast, Nithyananda’s ashram and institution were ransacked by people. Prior to this arrest, Swamy Nithyananda or Paramahamsa Nithyananda was very popular and had thousands of followers in India and abroad.