In what is seen as an attempt to bail out their guru, two women devotees of self-styled godman Nityananda have filed complaints against Lenin Kuruppan, who exposed his sleazy acts, accusing him of attempt to rape, extortion and other charges.
South Indian film actress Ranjita, who has been accused of engaging in sleazy sex acts with Nityananda, and another disciple Ma Nithya Supriyananda, in separate complaints, have alleged that Lenin, a former disciple and driver of Nityananda, had attempted to rape them and threatened them.
Ranjita, in her complaint before the Ramanagara Court, submitted that Lenin had made sexual advances to her and demanded Rs 20 crore for not releasing the sleazy video footage, which was aired by a regional Tamil TV Channel in March this year.
Ranjita, who claimed to be a "devotee" of the tainted godman, said, "Lenin displayed few poorly shot videos of his molestation of two women Brahmacharis on his laptop" and warned that she would see her own photos in such videos if she dared to complain.
Supriyananda has filed a complaint of attempted rape, threat to life and verbal abuse of her community (scheduled caste) in Bidadi police station.
Ranjita in her complaint, copies of which were furnished to reporters during her first ever appearance before the media after the incident, has charged Lenin with attempt to rape, extortion, acts intended to insult the modesty of women, among other things.
On the video footage that purportedly showed her in a compromising position with Nityananda, Ranjita said it had been "expertly crafted to give no indication about its morphing".
The actress, who has acted in more than 100 films, asserted that the person in the video footage was not her.
Supriyananda alleged that Bidadi station police were "biased and unfair" and said they treated her complaint as a "petition" suspecting her bonafides.
Meanwhile, the Bidadi police suspect it to be "false complaint" and said the inquiry into the complaint was on.
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Actress Ranjitha says Nityananda sleazy video fabricat
BANGALORE: South Indian actress Ranjitha today claimed she was not the woman in the sleazy video involving the controversial self-styled godman Nityananda Swami and alleged that this footage aired by a TV channel was fabricated.
Breaking her silence in her first public appearance after the alleged sex scandal broke out in March this year, Ranjitha told a press conference that she was ready to reveal the names of those behind the video if she was given security cover.
Ranjitha said she was threatened and harassed by "some powerful persons and missionaries" not to say anything to police.
"I was very scared for my life and that of my family. However, if I and my family are assured of 100 per cent security by the concerned Chief Minister of that state (Tamil Nadu), I am ready to name the persons behind it", she said.
She had filed a criminal complaint at the Ramanagara police station yesterday against Lenin Kuruppan, former driver of Nityananda, who had exposed the alleged sex scandal by releasing a secretly recorded video.
Commenting on the video clip which purportedly showed her in a compromising position with Nityananda at his ashram in Bidadi in the outskirts of the city, she said "it is fabricated. I am not the person in it. In fact at that time I was in a room that I was sharing with another female devotee in the Dhyanapeetham ashram."
Referring to Karnataka CID police, quoting Forensic Science Lab (FSL) reports (about the footage) as "genuine", she said "the FSL report may say whatever. Only I can tell the truth whether I was there or not".
The actress, who has acted in more than 100 South Indian language films, also denied that she went into hiding after the video footage was telecast and added she was out of the country between March 3 and June 14 to attend a family wedding and also fearing for her safety.
She charged that the TV channel aired the video footage without even bothering to verify the facts with her.
Calling herself a "devotee" of Nityananda, she said "I am still a devotee.I do not know if I am putting things in the right perspective. He is an enlightened master who does not need somebody to make him happy".
Nityananda landed in a controversy in March after a television channel aired a purported video footage showing him in a compromising position with a Tamil actress. He was later arrested from Solan district in Himachal Pradesh on April 21 and granted conditional bail on June 11 after spending 53 days in judicial custody. He is facing charges of rape and criminal intimidation.
Asked about her long silence over the scandal, Ranjita said, "when I am threatened and harassed and there are bigger powerful poeople, powerful political group, missionaries who are doing it, I cannot play a Galileo. Besides, I also needed time to get over the shock." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Actress-Ranjitha-says-Nityananda-sleazy-video-fabricated-claims-threat-to-life/articleshow/7197239.cms
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