Bangalore, June 21: A court at Ramanagar on Wednesday granted police permission to subject controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda to a medical test as sought by the CID in a sex scandal case in 2010 reportedly involving him.
The CID had approached the court at Ramanagar, about 40 km from Bangalore, for permission to subject Nithyananda to medical tests, including a blood sample and also a voice test.
Nithyananda is facing a CID probe into allegations of rape and criminal intimidation levelled against him in 2010 after some TV channels telecast purported video footage of the self-styled godman in a compromising position with an actress.
Out on bail after his arrest in 2010, he had courted fresh trouble on June 8 when police booked him and his followers for allegedly assaulting a media person during a press conference at his ashram at nearby Bidadi.
The press meet was held in the backdrop of a US-based woman alleging that Nithyananda had sexually abused her for five years, a charge that triggered public outrage and protests by Kannada groups.
Nithyananda was arrested on June 13 after he appeared before a court to surrender in the assault case and was on June 14 slapped with a fresh case of disturbing peace, leading to his arrest for the second time.
He was granted bail by the district executive magistrate on June 15, a day after he was re-arrested on charges of disturbing the peace.
Meanwhile, members of various organisations went on apadayatra from Ramanagar to Bidadi and from there to the state secretariat here, demanding Nithyananda's removal from Karnataka for his involvement in 'objectionable activities'.
