Kerala Law Student Chops Off Godman’s Penis

May 20, 2017 14:53
Kerala Law Student Chops Off Godman’s Penis

A 23-year-old Kerala Law Student cut off the genitals of a man when he allegedly tried to rape her at her home in Pettah in the city late Friday night.

The 54-year-old man, Sreehari alias Ganeshananda Theerthapada Swami, an inmate of an ashram in Kollam, was rushed to the government medical college hospital with critical injuries in the wee hours, police said on Saturday.

He underwent an emergency surgery and his condition is stable now, a hospital release said.

The woman in her complaint stated that the accused has been known to her family for the past few years and has been harassing her since she was a minor, police said.

He frequented her home for performing poojas and used to assault her during the visits, the complaint said.

When he tried to abuse her last night, she protested and chopped off his private organ with a knife, it added. She also confessed that she had done so as an act of vengeance and in self-defence to the swami’s actions. The victims’ parents were followers of the Swami who belongs to an ashram in Padmana in Kollam, Kerala. Swami, who was in a critical condition, was later admitted to the Medical College hospital on Saturday around 12:30 am. The incident reportedly happened on Friday at 11:30 pm, according to the police.

A senior police official said that a case has been registered against the man under various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) and IPC 376 (punishment for rape).

Circle inspector of Pettai station in Thiruvananthapuram said “She knew that no one would believe her if she said she had been sexually assaulted by a man of god. So, this was perhaps the only thing she could think of.”

No case has been registered against the woman, he said. The police declined to divulge any more details, saying the investigation is on.

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