Controversial guru Nityananda sent to jail for a day

IANS

Bangalore, 13 June 2012: Godman Swami Paramahamsa Nityananda, facing arrest on criminal charges, on Wednesday surrendered in Ramanagaram district court in Karnataka, TV channels reported.

 

Nityananda has been sent into one-day judicial custody by Ramanagaram district court.

 

Nityananda surrendered after Karnataka high court adjourned a hearing on his plea requesting to quash the FIR against the godman.

 

Earlier, police continued their search at his ashram at Bidadi near for the second day today.

 

Police launched the search for Nityananda on Tuesday, a day after chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda said action would be taken against the self-styled godman who courted fresh controversy in the wake accusations by a US-based woman that she was sexually abused by him for five years.