Attack by suvarna tv june 8 2012

Description

SUVARNA CHANNEL'S THUGS ASSAULT NITHYANANDA ADMINISTRATOR

Administrator Atmaprabhananda taken to hospital, another brahmachari sustains multiple facial injuries

Bidadi ashram, 07 June 2012: Hours after 20 individuals from the Kannada channel Suvarna led by chief Ajit entered a press meet addressed by Paramahamsa Nithyananda and tried to serve a summons illegally to Nithyananda, Suvarna channel's hired hands committed multiple acts of violence on men and women ashramites inside the Bidadi ashram campus.

Suvarna's OB van arrived around 6 pm at the ashram gates, along with about 50 individuals armed with weapons, calling themselves the 'Karnataka Navanirmana Sena', and began raising slogans against Paramahamsa Nithyananda. When ashramites went to inquire about the matter, about 10 of the thugs scaled the locked gates of the ashram, entered the premises illegally and first assaulted Sri Mayatitananda, the brahmachari handling the ashram camera, and damaged the camera to ensure that no video recording could take place.

They then pushed the ashram administrator Sri Atmaprabhananda to the ground and assaulted him with a huge stone, causing severe head injuries and profuse bleeding. The other ashramites who rushed to their aid were also manhandled and abused, including women ashramites.

The Bidadi police who arrived on the spot could do nothing but watch helplessly, even though the ashramites were facing life threats.

The rowdies left in a white van when the police arrived, and the Suvarna OB van left about half an hour after the police arrived. NO ARRESTS WERE MADE BY THE POLICE.