Hindu holy man with thousand of followers all over India and abroad have been arrested by the police after video footage come out last month allegedly showing him frolicking with two women.Late on Wednesday, Nithyananda Swami, whose devotees include politicians and movie stars, was arrested in the resort town of Shimla in northern India.
Swami, the head of Dhyanapeetam, or "knowledge center," was strained to resign last month after the video that was purportedly shot in his center outside the southern city of Bangalore.
The leaked video aired by news channels caused the angered of the hundreds of his devotees and ransacked his center and tore down his posters, forcing him to go into hiding.
The 32-year-old holy man, who denied any links to the women and said the tapes were doctored, is being look into for rape, cheating and criminal conspiracy, police said.
The last few months have been terrible for India's self-styled holy men with police arresting a swami for running a brothel which involves air stewardesses and college students, while charging another with kidnapping a minor.
Self-claimed holy man Nithyananda Swami has spiritual centers in United States and the Europe and he also runs free medical centers and supplies food to the poor.
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