Self-styled godman Nithyananda undergoes potency test in rape case

The self-proclaimed swami, Nithyananda, underwent the potency test in Bangalore on Monday.

Written by Harsha Raj Gatty | Bangalore | September 8, 2014 8:27 pm

With the Supreme Court refusing to spare Nithyananda from taking a potency test in a rape case lodged by a former disciple in 2010, the self-proclaimed swami underwent the same in Bangalore on Monday. The test that commenced at 7 am concluded at 2.30 pm at Victoria hospital.

The Karnataka High Court had in July affirmed an order of a chief judicial magistrate to subject Nithyananda to medical test to find out whether or not he was capable of having sexual intercourse, and also to collect his blood and voice samples.

We cannot directly link him to a particular case of sexual crime, it is for the investigating agencies to correlate this data to arrive at a logical conclusion,

According to hospital sources, multi-disciplinary tests such as physical, medical and psychological were conducted to assess if the patient was potent to perform a sexual act. While refusing to disclose test results, hospital sources said that they will hand over the report to the Karnataka Criminal Investigation Department (CID) by Tuesday afternoon.

The 36-year old had to undergo the Penile Doppler Test to ascertain if he was suffering from ailments that could render him unable to develop an erection. Besides, physicians evaluated bodily injuries and looked for deformation in the genitals.

Finally a psychiatrist interviewed the patient to learn his sexual history and assess if he had undergone sexual violence or trauma that may have left him averse to sexual intercourse. “Based on these assessments we can only conclude if the patient is potent or not, that’s it. We cannot directly link him to a particular case of sexual crime, it is for the investigating agencies to correlate this data to arrive at a logical conclusion,” a senior doctor under condition of anonymity said.

Though the test was over by afternoon neither Nithyananda nor hospital officials were available for any comment till late evening. “The patient was cooperative and conscious throughout the session and the test went smoothly,” the doctor said, while refusing to give any details about the probe-results.

Late in the evening Nithyananda was taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory laboratory in Madiwala, south Bangalore, where his voice samples were collected by the physics division. These samples wil be corroborated with the telephonic recording made by Lenin Karuppan, in which the former disciple alleges Nithyananda confessed to his sexual encounters with an actor. The recording went viral on social websites in e

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/self-styled-godman-nithyananda-undergoes-potency-test-in-rape-case/arly March 2010.

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Nithyananda undergoes potency test

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  The HinduSwami Nithyananda arriving at Victoria Hospital for the potency test in Bangalore on Monday. Photo : Bhagya Prakash K.
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Five days after the Supreme Court directed the self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda to undergo a potency test in a 2010 rape case, Nithyananda underwent the test here on Monday at the Institute of Nephro-Urology on the campus of the State-run Victoria Hospital.

Although the potency test was completed within five hours and ended around 1 p.m., Nithyananda came out of the hospital in a wheelchair around 4.50 p.m., and was rushed into the ambulance and taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory, Madiwala. Police personnel and his associates surrounded him to prevent the media from taking photographs.

There was high drama at the hospital with huge deployment of police personnel and scores of presspersons waiting outside the Institute of Nephro-Urology for nearly nine hours. T. Durganna, medical superintendent of Victoria Hospital, said Nithyananda co-operated with the doctors and all tests were conducted on him. “This is a confidential test; we will not be able to disclose the details of the tests,” he said.

A team of six doctors conducted the tests and the samples have been sent to the laboratory. “The results of the test are expected between 24 and 48 hours and the report will be submitted to the CID in a closed envelope,” a hospital source said. The source also added that he had undergone an ultrasound test and blood investigation. Earlier in the day, Nithyananda arrived at the hospital in a car along with his disciples and associates at 7.50 a.m., much before the police personnel arrived. The Supreme Court, last Wednesday, had expressed “extreme displeasure” at the investigation, and had even slammed the accused and the Karnataka police for the “atrocious” delay in the case.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials investigating the case also subjected Nithyananda to a voice sample test at the Forensic Science Laboratory, Madiwala. A senior CID official said the voice samples were collected to match them with alleged telephone conversations and in a video. The report is awaited.

Later in the evening, a crew of a local TV channel created a ruckus by a ramming one of the vehicles belonging to the ashram in Bidadi, the police said.

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