Reporter accuses Nithyananda of physical assault

Bidadi: A reporter of a regional channel has filed a complaint against the controversial self styled godman Nithyananda and four of his followers on Saturday alleging physical assault and threat to his life, police said.

"The complaint has just been filed and after verifying the facts, we will be registering an FIR", said Ramanagara Superintendent of Police Anupam Agarwal.

In his complaint, the reporter had alleged that during a press conference convened by Nithyananda at his ashram in the backdrop charges of sexual abuse levelled against him by a woman in a recent interview to the regional channel, when he questioned Nithyananda whether he had received any summons in this regard from a US court (as the woman was a US resident), he denied and upon the reporter showing that he had a copy of the summons, a heated argument followed resulting in Nithyananda asking his followers to send the scribe out.

A reporter of a regional channel has filed a complaint against the controversial self styled godman Nithyananda.

In his complaint, the reporter has alleged that even after he was sent out, there was verbal altercation between him and the followers of Nithyananda and some of them allegedly assaulted him physically and threatened him.

Later, some activists belonging to a local outfit "Nava Nirmana Sene" also staged a protest in front of the ashram demanding justice.

In the press conference, Nithyananda refuted the sexual abuse allegation levelled against him by the woman as "false and baseless" and demanded CBI probe into it.

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