POCSO case: Seer files anticipatory bail plea, says will 'talk to police'

NEW DELHI: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati connected Tuesday filed an anticipatory bail petition successful the Allahabad precocious tribunal successful transportation with alleged intersexual harassment charges against him and his disciple, Mukundanand Giri.

The seer besides said that helium volition speech to the constabulary astir the matter. Speaking to reporters successful Varanasi, helium said: "We haven't received immoderate announcement yet. When they (Police) come, we'll speech to them. Police haven't contacted america yet, nor person they been informed, nor person they been served immoderate notice."

The determination comes aft an FIR was registered astatine Jhunsi constabulary presumption successful Prayagraj pursuing a tribunal directive from a peculiar POCSO court, which ordered registration of the lawsuit connected an exertion moved by Ashutosh Brahmachari Maharaj and others.The FIR alleges that the seer and his disciple, on with 2 oregon 3 unidentified persons, subjected a insignificant and different younker to repeated intersexual battle implicit the past year, including astatine a gurukul and during spiritual congregations specified arsenic the precocious concluded Magh Mela successful Prayagraj.

The lawsuit was registered nether applicable sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), according to quality bureau PTI.

Speaking to reporters astatine Vidya Math, Swami Avimukteshwaranand claimed the lawsuit was fabricated. “We had nary anterior information, and we had besides told you radical this earlier. Now the constituent is that this is simply a mendacious case. What volition they say? They volition accidental lone what they person been taught. What volition they accidental beyond that? That is wherefore they whitethorn not beryllium capable to speak, due to the fact that the lawsuit is wholly fabricated. Now, we person a photograph that has been sent to america by the public, galore radical from antithetic places person sent it saying, ‘Look astatine this, look astatine this.

’ From specified people, what benignant of justness tin you expect? So this is simply a question we person placed earlier you, and we person besides shown the photograph. It volition beryllium bully if, done you, the nationalist comes to cognize what is happening. Because erstwhile the nationalist forms an opinion, the accusation provided by you becomes the ground for it," helium said.

The seer besides raised questions astir the allegations, saying, "The astir important contented is, what transportation bash we person with those children? Children who ne'er came to our attention, who ne'er enrolled successful our institution, you tin behaviour thousands of aesculapian tests connected them.

It's up to you to beryllium their transportation to us... We mentioned that our lawyers are moving connected going to tribunal against the FIR... In a lawsuit similar POCSO, the constabulary should instantly act.

They should judge what the kid says, and aft believing it, they should instantly get a aesculapian examination. Action should beryllium taken immediately. So the question is, wherefore didn't the constabulary registry it?"Swami Avimukteshwaranand’s anticipatory bail plea seeks extortion from apprehension portion the probe into the FIR continues.

Sources said that a announcement has been sent to the bureau of the authorities advocator earlier filing the exertion successful court, according to PTI. The contention surrounding the seer besides traces backmost to January 18 during Mauni Amavasya, erstwhile helium was reportedly prevented from taking a ritual dip astatine the Sangam by Magh Mela officials, prompting an 11-day sit-in protest. Speaking astir the incident, helium said, “When I sat determination for 11 days, nary authoritative asked maine to instrumentality a dip. Now it is excessively late. I volition spell to the Magh Mela adjacent twelvemonth and instrumentality a respectful bath.”