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| India sex scandal guru arrested | India sex scandal guru arrested |
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| Police in India say a controversial Hindu holy man facing charges of obscenity has been arrested. | Police in India say a controversial Hindu holy man facing charges of obscenity has been arrested. |
| Nithyananda Swami was detained in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh where police said he had been hiding. | |
| The guru stepped down last month as head of a religious organisation based in the southern city of Bangalore. | The guru stepped down last month as head of a religious organisation based in the southern city of Bangalore. |
| His announcement came after a video apparently showing him engaging in sexual acts with two women. He says he is innocent and the video is a fake. | His announcement came after a video apparently showing him engaging in sexual acts with two women. He says he is innocent and the video is a fake. |
| Nithyananda Swami has a huge following in southern India and his mission has branches in several countries, including the US and Europe. | Nithyananda Swami has a huge following in southern India and his mission has branches in several countries, including the US and Europe. |
| 'Spiritual seclusion' | 'Spiritual seclusion' |
| "Nithyananda Swami was arrested at Solan [in Himachal Pradesh] along with his associate Gopal Seelam Reddy and they would be brought to Bangalore soon," the city's director general of police, DV Guruprasaad, said. | "Nithyananda Swami was arrested at Solan [in Himachal Pradesh] along with his associate Gopal Seelam Reddy and they would be brought to Bangalore soon," the city's director general of police, DV Guruprasaad, said. |
| On Tuesday, the authorities raided the swami's sprawling centre near Bangalore. | On Tuesday, the authorities raided the swami's sprawling centre near Bangalore. |
| Nithyananda Swami, 32, stepped down as leader of the global Dhyanapeetam (Knowledge Centre) organisation soon after the police inquiry was launched. | Nithyananda Swami, 32, stepped down as leader of the global Dhyanapeetam (Knowledge Centre) organisation soon after the police inquiry was launched. |
| "I have decided to live a life of spiritual seclusion for some indefinite time," the guru said in a statement. | "I have decided to live a life of spiritual seclusion for some indefinite time," the guru said in a statement. |
| "If required, I will return and talk about all that had happened as an independent witness to my conduct with a clean heart and pure soul and in a less prejudiced atmosphere." | "If required, I will return and talk about all that had happened as an independent witness to my conduct with a clean heart and pure soul and in a less prejudiced atmosphere." |
| The video shocked his devotees and angered locals - his ashram near Bangalore was vandalised after TV channels broadcast the video. | The video shocked his devotees and angered locals - his ashram near Bangalore was vandalised after TV channels broadcast the video. |
| The guru's followers allege the video was created and distributed by a jealous inmate of the ashram in a bid to defame him. | The guru's followers allege the video was created and distributed by a jealous inmate of the ashram in a bid to defame him. |