Mysterious
& sudden death of a 24 year old brahmacharini of the ashram has raised very
serious questions and put the Nithyananda ashram in the center of a controversy
once again.
It was reported that on 28th December 2014, a 24 year old girl called Sangeetha fell down in the ashram and was taken to BGS hospital, but she suffered a heart attack & died on the way to the hospital. Post mortem was conducted in Rajarajeshwari hospital and the report claims she died of heart attack. The young girl has been living in Nithyananda ashram in Bidadi for last 4 years & she had taken sanyas. How did she die suddenly of heart attack at such a young age, for no apparent reason?!
In this panel discussion, women's activist & member of Congress party Ms. Manjula Naidu and advocate Mr. Kumara Naidu have raised several very pertinent and relevant questions regarding the lapses in procedures and formalities followed by the police & hospital in handling this death case. That is raising doubts about what really might have happened.
Discussion regarding this highly suspicious death on Samaya News and the key points of the discussion are below:
Some of the
key points of the discussion are:
1. When the
police was informed at first about the sudden death, they have recorded it as
an "UNNATURAL DEATH". But later, based on hospital post mortem report,
they have closed it as a natural death due to heart attack.
2. In view
of the several cases, criminal and civil, already pending against Nithyananda,
the police should have conducted a thorough enquiry into the cause of death and
they should have taken action under sections 174 & 176 of Criminal
Procedure Code (CrPC). The police have the right to take suo moto action &
enquire into the cause of death, especially since 2 other similar suspicious deaths
have also been reported in the ashram earlier.
3. In this
case, the police must have also immediately informed the Tahsildar or DC or
other such local authorities re. this unnatural death. But no such action has
been taken.
4. Post
mortem was done with panchnama (5 witnesses) being Nithyananda ashram members.
This is not the procedure to be followed, the panchnama witnesses must be other
neutral persons.
5. The whole
matter seems to have been hurriedly handled, where the body was quietly sent
back to tamil nadu yesterday and it has already been buried.
6. The
mother of the victim has supposedly informed the police yesterday that the girl
was suffering from heart problems for the past 4 years, and that is the reason
why she was sent to the ashram. However, reports
from close family members confirm that the girl was normal & she did not
have any heart problems as alleged. Further, the family members have
disclosed that the parents were unhappy with their daughter’s stay in the ashram
and about 1 month ago, the parents told Sangeetha to
leave the ashram & return home.
7. There is
every possibility that the family is being intimidated and pressurized to make
misrepresentations. This has been seen in the 2008 case of suicide attempted by
a 16 year old boy in the ashram.
Malaysia
incharge & mother of the young boy has given a witness statement (part of the
charge sheet in the rape case pending trial), that ashram lied to her about the
reason why her son was admitted in hospital (they never revealed it was a
suicide attempt). Later she came to know from her son that he suffered extreme
physical & mental torture from Nithyananda & other senior members of
ashram. After she found out the truth, the
family was pressurized by the ashram to lie to the authorities. Fearing
for their family welfare, they decided to follow ashram’s instructions. She
has submitted emails from the ashram coercing her to give a statement prepared
by them & thereby lie to the police about the truth behind her son’s
suicide attempt.
8. Another
suspicious death happened in 2008 where a Canadian called Melvyn Diamond died
suddenly. In that case also BGS hospital certified that he died due to heart attack.
In that case Lenin was an eye witness, he rushed him to BGS hospital in an ambulance,
First the hospital refused to admit him as he was dead already. Then for 1 hour
the body was in the ambulance and Nithyananda and his secretary Sadananda made
several calls to the hospital administration. Finally after 1 hour the body was
taken to emergency and then declared he died due to heart attack.
Nithyananda’s
Canada disciple (Nithyananda Dheera) informed the family that it was a natural
death, and that he attained moksha/enlightenment by dying in Nithyananda’s
presence. Then they cremated the Canadian’s body. There is serious doubt about
the real cause of the Canadian’s death also.
9. Another
suspicious death is the one reported recently about Mr. Nickson. Nickson was a
29 year old homeopathy & siddha doctor. He was very healthy and normal. He
was nithyananda’s early disciple from Tamil Nadu. In 2002 he shifted from Tamil
Nadu to Bangalore. In fact, 3 days before his death he visited his family and
was completely normal, not suffering from any illness of health issues.
Then
suddenly, 3 days later, the family was informed to come immediately as he was
very serious condition in Mahaveer Jain hospital in Bangalore. By the time they
reached, they were informed he was dead.
But the most
important thing is – Nithyananda and secretary sadananda informed the family sometime
before 10 am that Nickson died. But the death ertificate from the Hospital
shows that he was admitted alive at 10 am and died within 2 hours (around 12.30 pm) due to multiple complications such
as kidney failure, septicemia, injury to brain, etc! The timing of these events
clearly raises doubts about the real cause of death and possible foulplay in
this mysterious & sudden eath of a young man in 2002.
10. Over
all, keeping in view the several mysterious deaths and suicide attempts that
have taken place in Nithyananda ashram, the police must investigate this issue.
The following actions must be taken:
* The body
must be sent for a re-post mortem in a govt hospital in Tamil Nadu (where it is
currently buried)
* Police
must take suo moto action against Nithyananda ashram, because the life &
safety of several women and children is at risk.
* The govt
hould take action against the offiials who have failed to do their duty
properly.
So many
crimes and illegal activities of Nithyananda have come to light, including running
a school (Gurukul) without proper permission, land grabbing, illegal
constructions, possible murder/mysterious deaths, rape complaints, etc. Why no action
has been taken against these? Is Nithyananda so influential?
Will the Chief Minister of Karnataka wake up atleast now and
take action against Nithyananda and his ashram? Or will they wait for more lives to be
sacrificed?
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