Two ‘gurus’ had the most forgettable year. ‘Swami’ Nithyananda spent nearly three months in jail after being arrested on charges of rape, unnatural sex, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy, cheating and the like. All this after his former driver Lenin Karuppan released videos of the ‘swami’ with a Tamil actress.
Nithyananda first avoided arrest by quickly going into hiding. Then, in an interview to a TV channel, he said he had been in a ‘trance’ when caught on camera and didn’t know what he was doing. Later, he said he was trying out experiments that society found ‘unusual’. Except that it was later found out that he had had several of his disciples sign non-disclosure agreements about these experiments. Hmmm…very unusual, indeed.
Of course, the ‘swami’ has clawed back, having obtained bail, then access to his big bank accounts, and even the right to preach again!
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/when-well-known-became-infamous-189
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