Nithyananda now booked by Karnataka cops

Swami Nithyananda of Dhyanapeetam Ashram near Bidadi is now under the Karnataka police scanner.

While Ramanagaram DySP Devaraj has been appointed as the investigating officer in the case, the Bidadi police have registered a case against the swami under six Sections of CrPC. The charges include cheating, rape, unnatural sex and outraging religious sentiments.

The FIR was filed on Thursday evening after the Bidadi police got the papers sent by Chennai police against the swami. It took three days for the police to get the papers translated into Kannada.