Had a shock when I saw the front pages of all the three Tamil dailies in the country. The hot news was Swami Nithyananda’s sex video scandal with a South Indian actress, said to be Ranjeetha.
The footage showing the Swamiji in compromising position with Ranjeetha was released by Sun News on Tuesday, Mar 2, leading to violence at the Swamiji's ashrams.
The video, which came as a massive shock to the Swamiji’s followers, led to widespread protests.
People from Bidadi village and surroundings, near Bangalore, attacked the ashram belonging to Nithananda, smashed the front office and tore down his portrait and burnt them.
According to Devaraj, the Deputy Superintendent of Police of Ramanagaram district, Nithyananda has gone missing.
The ashram manager had also filed a complaint with police, saying he had received calls from Chennai, threatening to expose the alleged sleazy activities of the Swami, who is in his early thirties and from Tiruvanamalai in Tamil Nadu.
In the complaint, the manager said the caller had threatened to provide the “footage” to the media and had demanded money not to release it. He said the clippings showed Swami in poor light and morphed.
There is also another theory that the actress had set up the whole thing to frame or blackmail the Swami.
Hmmmm, hard to trust anyone now..... wonder how his devotees must’ve felt.
